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		dragonwriter on March 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innov... > Was Gmail really 10x better than Hotmail? No. Gmail did not suck badly enough to be merely 10× better than Hotmail. Gmail was lightyears beyond other early free webmail services.

jensvdh on March 17, 2021 | [–]

Hotmail had a 2MB e-mail limit. Gmail came with 2GB.

meepmorp on March 16, 2021 | [–]

Sadly, this isn’t even snark.

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