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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.combyklu9@piefed.social
9 hours

BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story

www.theverge.com English

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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    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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    • Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      37 minutes

      Another archive link: https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.theverge.com/tech/959848/bittorrent-story-25-years-piracy

      • Polaris@jlai.luEnglish
        5 hours

        Pretty interesting read, thanks for the share !

          • klu9@piefed.socialEnglish
            1 hour

            YW 😃

          • grte@lemmy.caEnglish
            9 hours

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

            • Stefen Auris@pawb.socialEnglish
              8 hours

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

                • doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  8 hours

                  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.

                • greenbit@lemmy.zipEnglish
                  7 hours

                  Started off interesting but apparently a paywall

                    • klu9@piefed.socialEnglish
                      1 hour

                      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

                      • nfms@lemmy.mlEnglish
                        5 hours

                        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.zipEnglish
                            5 hours

                            Nice, I always forget to try that. Thx

                          • Moodel@feddit.ukEnglish
                            7 hours

                            Turn of javascript and it should be ok.

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