Gmail

6 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 15, 2022 by Brendan Eich · said 94 times in 16 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Everything said about Gmail, oldest first

Feb 15, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Eich: Google Chrome Changed in 2018 to Auto-Sign In Users for Ad Tracking
“In 2018 September, Google said, gosh darn it, people aren't signing into the browser enough. We're going to just do it whenever you sign in to Gmail or YouTube in a tab. We'll just sign you in across all the tabs and we'll track you.”
Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 40:00 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired
Jun 30, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Gmail launched with 1GB of storage when rivals offered 2MB
“Web-based email from Google with one gigabyte of free storage for every single user. Now to put that in context, Yahoo and Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail at the time had like two megabytes of free storage per user.”
David Rosenthal Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 3:13:26 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 30, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Google AdSense originated from the prototyping process of Gmail
“And so the thing that led to AdSense Was actually part of the prototyping process of Gmail.”
Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 3:16:22 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
Aug 26, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Google Seeded Gmail's 2004 Launch With Just 1,000 Invites
“When they launch it on April first, 2004, they send out 1000 seed invites to Gmail.”
David Rosenthal Aug 26, 2025 ▶ 23:31 Google Part II: Alphabet (Audio) · Acquired
Aug 26, 2025
Assertion Supported
Gmail Launched When Hotmail Offered Just Two Megabytes of Storage
“At the time, Hotmail, which as you said, Microsoft owns, Had two megabytes of free storage, and Yahoo Mail had four megabytes.”
David Rosenthal Aug 26, 2025 ▶ 8:02 Google Part II: Alphabet (Audio) · Acquired
Aug 26, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Early Gmail Invites Traded on eBay for an Average of $150
“They were trading on eBay for average price of a 150 bucks in the early days.”
David Rosenthal Aug 26, 2025 ▶ 24:32 Google Part II: Alphabet (Audio) · Acquired
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