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Invites weren't what got me hyped about Gmail. My Yahoo and Hotmail accounts had 2-5 MB storage limits at the time. Gmail offered a 1 GB storage limit. The idea

Invites weren't what got me hyped about Gmail. My Yahoo and Hotmail accounts had 2-5 MB storage limits at the time. Gmail offered a 1 GB storage limit. The idea that I'd never have to delete an email again is what had me hitting up old friends on AIM for an invite.

iqkznnft 4y ago
Ironically, now that they've locked everyone in, they're demanding that you pay or delete emails. Scumbags.
- zamadatix 4y ago
  They stopped giving the GB of free storage?
  - dexterdog 4y ago
    No, a GB is no longer that much, esp if you been with them since launch.
  - antisthenes 4y ago
    4-5GB in 2008 is not the same as 15GB (That's their free tier, I think) in 2022. Hard drives have grown in capacity far beyond 3x in the same time period. Even more so if you consider the $/GB value rather than just max capacity.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > They stopped giving the GB of free storage? It's now 15GB, but if you use Drive or Photos it uses the same quota pool.
- alanbernstein 4y ago
  My inbox is almost full, so they're hassling me about this. I did some investigation and found that over 1GB of the data in my inbox is email history quotes from a long-running email chain. Of course it's impossible to delete those without deleting each email they belong to. Conspiracy theory: Google refused to implement an option to disable inserting email quotes in responses, knowing that such an option would make more efficient use of storage space.
  - wumpus 4y ago
    Those email chains compress really well.
    - Out_of_Characte 4y ago
      Yes but how is their size counted?
  - lupire 4y ago
    Text content of email is 0. Quota is used by attachments, which Google refuses to let you delete, because they want you tomoay for storage.
- Semaphor 4y ago
  After using GMail since they were invite only, I switched to fastmail 5 years ago: Storage is 18% full - Using 5.3 GB of 30 GB I think I have some time until I need to delete or pay.
- pembrook 4y ago
  Is it scumbag of them, or are we the scumbags for refusing to adopt any software unless it’s free? Would you rather they parse all your private communications for advertising profile purposes and keep it free-as-in-Facebook? It was basically a decade-plus free trial. I can’t see how that was a bad deal. I pay for email(Fastmail) because I want to support the team working on keeping my main communication channel working smoothly, and would rather not have my emails parsed by the advertising surveillance state.
  - aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
    > Would you rather they parse all your private communications for advertising profile purposes At minimum, they do this for internal use.
  - iqkznnft 4y ago
    > Would you rather they parse all your private communications for advertising profile purposes and keep it free-as-in-Facebook? Is this sarcasm? You know they literally do this, right? And even if they didn't, not doing it doesn't give them a pass to promise people something and then take it back.
- lupire 4y ago
  What are you talking about?

iqkznnft 4y ago

Ironically, now that they've locked everyone in, they're demanding that you pay or delete emails. Scumbags.

zamadatix 4y ago
They stopped giving the GB of free storage?
- dexterdog 4y ago
  No, a GB is no longer that much, esp if you been with them since launch.
- antisthenes 4y ago
  4-5GB in 2008 is not the same as 15GB (That's their free tier, I think) in 2022. Hard drives have grown in capacity far beyond 3x in the same time period. Even more so if you consider the $/GB value rather than just max capacity.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > They stopped giving the GB of free storage? It's now 15GB, but if you use Drive or Photos it uses the same quota pool.
alanbernstein 4y ago
My inbox is almost full, so they're hassling me about this. I did some investigation and found that over 1GB of the data in my inbox is email history quotes from a long-running email chain. Of course it's impossible to delete those without deleting each email they belong to. Conspiracy theory: Google refused to implement an option to disable inserting email quotes in responses, knowing that such an option would make more efficient use of storage space.
- wumpus 4y ago
  Those email chains compress really well.
  - Out_of_Characte 4y ago
    Yes but how is their size counted?
- lupire 4y ago
  Text content of email is 0. Quota is used by attachments, which Google refuses to let you delete, because they want you tomoay for storage.
Semaphor 4y ago
After using GMail since they were invite only, I switched to fastmail 5 years ago: Storage is 18% full - Using 5.3 GB of 30 GB I think I have some time until I need to delete or pay.
pembrook 4y ago
Is it scumbag of them, or are we the scumbags for refusing to adopt any software unless it’s free? Would you rather they parse all your private communications for advertising profile purposes and keep it free-as-in-Facebook? It was basically a decade-plus free trial. I can’t see how that was a bad deal. I pay for email(Fastmail) because I want to support the team working on keeping my main communication channel working smoothly, and would rather not have my emails parsed by the advertising surveillance state.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
  > Would you rather they parse all your private communications for advertising profile purposes At minimum, they do this for internal use.
- iqkznnft 4y ago
  > Would you rather they parse all your private communications for advertising profile purposes and keep it free-as-in-Facebook? Is this sarcasm? You know they literally do this, right? And even if they didn't, not doing it doesn't give them a pass to promise people something and then take it back.
lupire 4y ago
What are you talking about?