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Anon gives a piracy history lesson (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

2007 ? Everybody around me was pirating every single piece of media in 2000 and we were late to the party

[–] bilb@lem.monster 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Napster was a household name and made mp3 piracy mainstream in 1999!

[–] OopsOverbombing@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The golden days of the net 🥲

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People were pirating games over bbs in the 80s. I have a shoebox of 5.25" floppies for the commodore 64 with hand written labels.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't copy that floppy

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Take that 3.5 floppy you got in the mail and break the tab so that you could read / write.

Doom and Wolf3d for my buddies. Rise of the Triad.