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"gmail" is so ubiquitous that it just doesn't mean anything anymore That doesn’t explain how Gmail became ubiquitous. Back when it started, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail
by chongli 7y ago
"gmail" is so ubiquitous that it just doesn't mean anything anymore
That doesn’t explain how Gmail became ubiquitous. Back when it started, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL were very popular (among many others). Since it was not yet ubiquitous, Gmail’s ubiquity could not be an explanation for success.
- judge2020 7y agoGmail succeeded back then because everyone was switching to it for the free storage space and to be the cool person with a new gmail address. This happened long enough for new internet users to start choosing gmail for their first email, eventually becoming the majority email provider.
- Kye 7y agoI still remember when they showed a counter for how much free space you had, and it increased steadily. That was before they just made it a big (for the time) fixed number.