De-Googling Your Life - Opt for Privacy
https://whilstoutwalking.ca/2026/02/03/de-googling-your-life-opt-for-privacy/
De-Googling Your Life - Opt for Privacy
https://whilstoutwalking.ca/2026/02/03/de-googling-your-life-opt-for-privacy/
Gmail didn’t become the world’s default inbox because it was perfect — or even because people loved it.
It won by redefining how email worked, then scaling that model relentlessly. Reliability and ecosystem mattered more than privacy for most users.
I wrote about how Gmail grew from an invitation-only experiment into the baseline inbox of the web.
Gmail didn’t become the world’s default inbox because it was perfect — or even because people loved it.
It won by redefining how email worked, then scaling that model relentlessly. Reliability and ecosystem mattered more than privacy for most users.
I wrote about how Gmail grew from an invitation-only experiment into the baseline inbox of the web.
