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• son_named_bort@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They even had “Don’t Worry, be Happy” by Bob Marley.

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Still is

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  • stembolts@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    *arr.

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• HyonoKo@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That Turbo-Charged connection was pulling more than 200 KB/s

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• Sporkbomber@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  These sorts of programs still exist. I use Nictotine, which is based on Medusa, but basically works like a better version of the old MP3 download programs. Good for finding obscure artists.

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Soulseek is basically the same thing too, and still works.

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• Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  [deleted]

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Specifically nicotine+.

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  • oeLLph@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ;)

    feddit.org/comment/6460549

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  • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This! Also, I have never found a single incorrect naming there.

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• the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Any former WinMX heads in the house?

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  • Hatshepsut@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes! Got a lot of mislabeled songs I ended up really liking and expanded my tastes quite a bit. Fun times

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• rugburn@lemmynsfw.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Including NIMDA!

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  • RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In 2001 my Uni’s entire campus network was shut down for 3 days to clean up a massive NIMDA infection. Wild times.

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• fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Am I right in thinking that limewire and kazaa were like proto-BitTorrent ? P2P file sharing

  Was Napster the original too?

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  • FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Napster was the first dedicated p2p file sharing program IIRC. Peer-to-peer was done before then using DCC (direct client connection) on IRC servers, but it was hardly the same experience. Limewire and other BitTorrent software took off after the music industry killed Napster.

    The brand was brought back a while later, and it was legitimate if I recall, but by that time nobody cared. BitTorrent had taken center stage, and iTunes had become a thing. The latter eclipsed BitTorrent (for music) because it was dead nuts reliable, and unlike BitTorrent, using it wouldn’t get your Internet cut off. And it was wired into the iPod ecosystem, so for most people it was a very easy choice.

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• MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  could? Idk bout you but I still can lol

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