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I remember when Hotmail still had an allowance of "only" 25MB worth of emails including attachments. No doubt a lot of the QoL improvements the free email provider scene has had stems from Google forcing a paradigm shift.

But on the other hand, Gmail was an absolute bitch to get early on unless you were lucky enough to be friends with someone who had an address already. Maybe it was justified, but I don't remember that period fondly.

And ultimately, whereas Microsoft at best improved and at worst stayed as EEEvil as before, Google went from hero to zero in just the last decade burning away all the good will they nurtured. As things stand, I'll happily throw my hat in with Microsoft here.