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Minitel demonstrated that online purchases were possible and that folks were willing to pay for things using a "computer". I really wonder why it took PayPal a
by 908B64B197 6y ago
Minitel demonstrated that online purchases were possible and that folks were willing to pay for things using a "computer".
I really wonder why it took PayPal and Ebay to demonstrate that the same thing could be done on the real internet.
> former Minitel erotic chat mogul
I had to read this sentence twice to make sure.
- PoignardAzur 6y agoXavier Niel is an... interesting businessman. He's kinda our national Jeff Bezos. His video on 5g (in French) is amazing: https://twitter.com/free/status/1338754060434944002 https://twitter.com/free/status/1338754060434944002 "There's a Weber effect and the Weber effect stops the 5g from working because of the sandals."