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the fact that it didnt catch on then says it was not better than its competitors. hotmail had that nice tie in with messenger, which was a huge plus other ema
by autokad 7y ago
the fact that it didnt catch on then says it was not better than its competitors.
hotmail had that nice tie in with messenger, which was a huge plus
other emails had the ability to delete email
google tried to use email for ads which users found creepy
google had an invite system that made signing up difficult
etc etc
- BigBubbleButt 7y agoAre you saying Gmail didn't catch on? That's like saying nobody buys an Android phone. Gmail is the #1 email provider in the world and Android is the #1 mobile OS in the world.
- scarface74 7y agoYeah but it isn’t very profitable in the grand scheme of things. It came out in the Oracle trial that Google had only made around $23 billion in profit from Android from inception until around 2016. They pay Apple around $8 billion a year to be the default search. Apple has made more from Google in mobile than Google has made from Android.
- autokad 7y agoIt didnt catch on till 2012. It was also gmail that caused a change in public perception of google