Gotta give credit to Google here, regardless what you think about their intentions or competence. They moved the needle in a way that only a disruptor can move

Gotta give credit to Google here, regardless what you think about their intentions or competence. They moved the needle in a way that only a disruptor can move needles. (They didn't plan it that way ahead of time, you'll just have to trust me on that.) Remember they've done this before. Usenet. And for a successful success story, how about gmail? Just like no one remembers alta vista, lycos, etc (or myspace in more recent history), no one remembers that when gmail launched and offered 1GB of mail, that was absurd. The previous free tier was more like 5MB -- 3 orders of magnitude lower! Then when Yahoo finally came around (had to stop the bleeding) and also offered 1GB, gmail went unlimited! They are going to write this exact same story in 10 years if electric cars take off (I don't think they will, but leave that aside) and Tesla is dead. Tesla's failure will be the industry's success.