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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months ago

People who pirated in the late 90s and early 00s what is the most dramatic change from then till now? And if you had the power what would you bring back?

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People who pirated in the late 90s and early 00s what is the most dramatic change from then till now? And if you had the power what would you bring back?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months ago
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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Downloading a movie only to find out it was actually porn.

    Or the other way around.

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      And a whole lot of content that I frankly would have preferred not to have seen.

      When you’re 12 and your parents have no idea what you’re doing, you’ll end up in very dark corners.

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        rotten.c0m?

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          Christ, that brings back unpleasant memories…

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          Pretty sure it was spelt wrong and had one ‘t’

          Seen some deeply dark shit for a 10 year old

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            nope, two Ts.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten.com

            Also only went fully offline in 2018

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      Downloading a movie only to find it was the pain Olympics or a cartel/terrorist beheading was also fun

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