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Sorry, I just can't agree with this. IRC had servers decades before IPv4 address scarcity became a thing. Skype was popular before they had to ditch P2P, and
by SonOfLilit 9y ago
Sorry, I just can't agree with this.
IRC had servers decades before IPv4 address scarcity became a thing.
Skype was popular before they had to ditch P2P, and most users aren't aware of the issue.
DropBox is first and foremost a backup service, and you always want backup to be off-premise.
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Cloud services are awesome and we would all use them even if we could accept incoming connections.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago> IRC had servers decades before IPv4 address scarcity became a thing. Because it's a group chat, where a server is much more natural than for two parties communicating. Plus, it has DCC, so you can actually efectively use IRC without an IRC server.
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- the8472 9y agoIn the 90s anyone could host a multiplayer game at home.