> AOL was also a US-only thing, so when Internet started reaching other countries, they had no adoption. AOL was quite popular in the 90s/beginning of the 00s

> AOL was also a US-only thing, so when Internet started reaching other countries, they had no adoption. AOL was quite popular in the 90s/beginning of the 00s in Germany. What killed AOL there was the emerging availability of fast internet connections (say, DSL and later cable).