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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/26687421

old internet

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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

What wasn’t perfect about it?

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  • 10 FPS 160p streaming video if you were lucky enough to have blazing fast internet, usually requiring a RealPlayer or Quicktime browser plugin
  • Adobe/Shockwave/Macromedia Flash having its tenticles in basically the whole internet
  • Autoplaying MIDI in webpages
  • Animated backgrounds
  • Unencrypted communications being standard
  • Whatever AOL tried to do
  • Internet Explorer being standard due to its free inclusion in Windows

But even then, Web 2.0 (starting with YouTube) still ruined the internet since corporations were able to take basically full control.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

<marquee><blink>Downloading at 28kbps dial-up modem speeds, of course!</blink></marquee>

this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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