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Thanks. Now I feel old. I remember Finally getting a 20gb HDD and thinking. Man, ill never fill this up. Then napster came out...

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>On June 1, 1999, the first public release of Napster launched online, kick-starting a global piracy frenzy that never disappeared. At the same time, it can be argued that the file-sharing software paved the way for legitimate business models that would eventually evolve into subscription-based platforms such as Spotify and Netflix.

Thanks. Now I feel old. I remember **Finally** getting a 20gb HDD and thinking. Man, ill never fill this up. Then napster came out... Archive: https://archive.today/shnL6 From the post: >>On June 1, 1999, the first public release of Napster launched online, kick-starting a global piracy frenzy that never disappeared. At the same time, it can be argued that the file-sharing software paved the way for legitimate business models that would eventually evolve into subscription-based platforms such as Spotify and Netflix.

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Those were the days man. Audiogalaxy, DCC, Emule; Soulseek; Grokster. I still have files from the old days.

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oh man. Shareaza, Limewire, eDonkey

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Yep! Good times. When reddit was actually full of crazy shit and you never knew what you were going to read.

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I remember around 1997 downloading my first mp3 and being amazed at the quality compared to other file types, given how small it was.

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Downloading on dial up used to take forever.

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Napster was great. Early adopter here. If you got 10kbps on a single mp3 you were smokin'