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From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services
(www.engadget.com)
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
Yeah it has always been free for me too.
I think the major thing Gmail brought to the table was 1GB+ email storage when most free options at the time it was 1-5MB or so. I remember it being an insane increase in the available storage.