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Crappy Design

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Noticed that theres no equivalent to r/crappydesign here yet so i made one

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Hey Google, go fuck yourself entirely (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It was never free. It was paid for and used by universities and research institutions. There was no world wide web, just gopher, ftp, usenet, chat, telnet. Any kind of advertising was really frowned upon, it was basically treated like a library. But, there wasn't a lot to do there.