The grand old enshittification curve strikes again. Remember, as stated by Cory Doctorow, the process of enshittification entails these steps: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse t…
    • Odo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      3 years ago

      Before Gmail, my old Hotmail account had a whopping 2MB of storage, and others were similarly small. Gmail was a few GB right from the start, forcing the rest to compete and offer more storage.

      • roadkill@kbin.social
        41·
        3 years ago

        Yahoo was something like a whopping 10 or 15MB. Gmail debuting with 1GB of space was a nearly 1000 fold increase at the time.

    • roadkill@kbin.social
      61·
      3 years ago

      Yahoo mail was garbage tier before Gmail forced them to redesign.

      Honestly. You really had to go experience the horrors of free web based email before Gmail ever got existed to truly understand the full scope of what they accomplished.