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People who pirated in the late 90s and early 00s what is the most dramatic change from then till now? And if you had the power what would you bring back? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Funny thing, I tried using newsgroups for their intended purpose after rediscovering that Thunderbird is also a newsreader. The amount of topics is large (and really old), but the ones I checked out haven't had many updates. Though i admit I haven't been brave enough to dive into the alt. group yet. It reminds me of the internet before the web.

[โ€“] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

...thats because newsgroups have been around a lot longer than the web?

[โ€“] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, yeah. My first interaction with the internet was a friend's technical savvy dad who had compuserve.