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How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it?
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this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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I remember my Technology teacher in high school (1998-ish) showing me what websites I could go to for downloading full albums for free. He initially showed me a directory just filled with Pink Floyd tracks.
You can still find things in open directories, but it doesn't have that same feel of being wild woolly and free.
I miss early social media like LiveJournal weirdly. 1999-2005-ish was wild times.
I also remember hosting DJ Dangermouse's "Grey Album" which was a mix of The Beatles White Album with Jay-Z's Black Album on my website as protest. The album was released for free, no money was made from it, yet Dangermouse was sued and banned from distributing it.
I had a whole list of Blogger sites with full albums, bootlegs and mixtapes in all genres. It was wild and fun.
Such a damn good mashup