edit: I swear google has some code that listens to background noise and does this on purpose
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Capitalization between sentences is needed because the period is so small. Or, the period can be small because we use capitalization between sentences. If we changed the symbol for the end of a sentence we could stop capitalizing the first letter of a sentence.
Maybe that will happen someday, but not soon.
If the point of written language is for the writer to communicate effectively, it's important to follow the current rules, as you have.