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Sometimes the little details make me go "holy shit I fucking love piracy". The still running tradition of installer music is probably the biggest one of those for me. Nothing will ever match that feeling and it came from crime.

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[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Demoscene, baby. People made things, shared them anonymously, and almost turned their nose at building a reputation or a brand.

The internet I fell in love with years ago is nothing like the pathetic shadow of it we live with today.

Macroblank has a fun compilation of remixed demo music, many of the original tracks are mostly known for being used in keygens. It’s called Keygen, obviously.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

That's the hardcore truth of it. This place wasn't made for takers.