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And Gmail stands out as the one web-app that the kids love. Woot, they love the one innovative web-app that really improved something? Unbelievable.
by access_denied 17y ago
And Gmail stands out as the one web-app that the kids love. Woot, they love the one innovative web-app that really improved something? Unbelievable.
- dkersten 17y agoEveryone I know uses gmail for the same reasons I use gmail: it has a nice itnerface, is easy to use, has plenty of useful additional features, rarely goes down, provides loads of space so I don't need to worry about deleting stuff that I might want later, its spam filter works well and ... its free. Being free is the main thing though, because google could drop one or more of their other features and I'd still use it, but force me to pay and I'd look elsewhere. Why? Because I can. Not that I'm not willing to pay for a good service - I am (and do), but I need a lot of additional value over what I can get for free. Gmail gives me a lot of value, but I have yet to be convinced that its enough to pay for.
- enjo 17y agoValue is the right word. I wouldn't pay for gmail (even though I LOVE it), because it's one small part of my larger internet existence. In a vacuum, I might pay for gmail. The problem is tied up in the fact that I also use 10-15 other services (twitter, facebook, etc...) that I might also have to pay for. If I could consolidate all of those into one place and pay just one bill, well then I might be tempted to pay. The fragmented nature of the web itself makes monetization difficult.