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Google used to be known for its generous free storage, but today, it’s pushing low-storage warnings way harder than necessary, and it’s clear why — it wants us to pay up.
When Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools joke. The included 1GB of free storage was hundreds of times more than what incumbent Yahoo was offering at the time. The absolutely massive storage was a huge reason Gmail took off and spread like wildfire.