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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 25 points 2 days ago

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

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 days ago

The article makes the distinction. The program launched 25 years ago, which was also the first implementation of the protocol.

[–] greenbit@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Started off interesting but apparently a paywall

[–] nfms@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days 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 5 points 2 days ago

Nice, I always forget to try that. Thx

[–] klu9@piefed.social 3 points 1 day 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 4 points 2 days ago

Turn of javascript and it should be ok.

[–] Polaris@jlai.lu 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty interesting read, thanks for the share !

[–] klu9@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago