Well, they have differant uses, so not so much phaised out vs is it being used properly...

<b> and <i> simply mean "make this visually bold" (which IMO should be done in CSS); whereas <strong> and <em> mean "emphesise this text" thus making it "important" and shows them as such for SE's and browsers.

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