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I doubt using it as training data was specifically the goal, but Google has always believed more data = more profit over the long term. This is why Gmail launch
by deelowe 2y ago
I doubt using it as training data was specifically the goal, but Google has always believed more data = more profit over the long term. This is why Gmail launched with unlimited storage.
- Semaphor 2y agoWas it unlimited? I only remember it being a decently high number at the time, far higher than any other freemailer.
- deelowe 2y agoMaybe you're right. It's been a while. Either way, the philosophy was always to make money off the data somehow even if we didn't know how at the time.
- TheDudeMan 2y agoCorrect. 1GB.
- lxgr 2y ago“And counting”, famously! I remember watching that counter crawl up and up in disbelief, when Hotmail and local alternatives were offering at most 10MB on their free plans.
- lolinder 2y agoIt technically had a limit, but I remember thinking of it as unlimited because the amount of storage available counted up at a faster rate than I was saving emails.
- palad1n 2y agoI remember that Gmail was released on April 1st (on purpose), and many people thought it was a joke because it came with 1GB of storage, while places like Yahoo had like 20MB.