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The file-sharing app launched 25 years ago and unleashed a wave of piracy that would shake Hollywood to its core.

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 week ago

One person's disaster is another person's neat, I guess.

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not an app, it's a protocol

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's both. The article makes the distinction. The program (i refuse to call it an app) launched 25 years ago, which was also the first implementation of the protocol.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago
[–] greenbit@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Started off interesting but apparently a paywall

[–] nfms@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Firefox has a "reader" mode and it may not work for all sites but on this one it allows you to read the whole text

[–] greenbit@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Nice, I always forget to try that. Thx

[–] klu9@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

I didn't get hit by the paywall when I read it. Just tried to get a paywall-free link thru the Wayback Machine, and even that DID get hit by the paywall :(

https://web.archive.org/web/20260705150548/https://www.theverge.com/tech/959848/bittorrent-story-25-years-piracy

[–] Moodel@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

Turn of javascript and it should be ok.

[–] Polaris@jlai.lu 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty interesting read, thanks for the share !

[–] klu9@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago