🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to [email protected] • 2 days agoAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.27Karrow-down1imageAnon gives a piracy history lessonsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to [email protected] • 2 days agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink28•1 day agoOP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.
minus-squareDr. WeskerlinkfedilinkEnglish19•1 day agoEven before that, BBS, WaReZ sites, IRC. Dialup internet wasn’t a problem when RAR files could be split up for a release.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 day agoIRC was a wild level of automated for its time too
minus-square@Retro_unlimitedlink2•23 hours agoThere was even search terms for finding open servers on search engines such as: “parent-of” “open-directory” MP3 AVI etc
minus-squarecobysevlinkEnglish34•2 days agoI’ll say. I was sailing the seas back in the late '90s. By 2007, I had amassed quite a hoard of treasure.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish37•1 day agoMotherfucker was unborn while the rest of us were downloading Darude - Sandstorm on Napster.
minus-square@chemical_cutthroatlink12•1 day agoDo not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.
2007? Anon is a sweet summer child.
OP forgot Napster, as well as the p2p networks of old like WinMX, Kazaa, etc, nevermind Usenet.
Add LimeWire and BearShare to the list for nostalgics.
Even before that, BBS, WaReZ sites, IRC. Dialup internet wasn’t a problem when RAR files could be split up for a release.
IRC was a wild level of automated for its time too
Shared drives on a LAN!
There was even search terms for finding open servers on search engines such as: “parent-of” “open-directory” MP3 AVI etc
I’ll say. I was sailing the seas back in the late '90s. By 2007, I had amassed quite a hoard of treasure.
Motherfucker was unborn while the rest of us were downloading Darude - Sandstorm on Napster.
Nah, AudioGalaxy. Or DALnet.
eDonkey
Do not cite the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written.
FTPs
One word. Usenet
The first rule of Usenet is….