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No streaming site will ever have licenses for the bizarre remixes of video game themes, or the Sesame Street theme, that made their way around Napster. More th
by nitrogen 5y ago
No streaming site will ever have licenses for the bizarre remixes of video game themes, or the Sesame Street theme, that made their way around Napster.
More than the music, though, Napster had chat rooms where you could get legit recommendations of new music that far exceeded the recommendation engines of today.
- Assumer 5y agoGrooveshark came close, but it was always going to get shut down
- consumer451 5y agoHotline was pretty exciting. Did anyone else here get involved with this? [0] Back when broadband had just hit Seattle I ran a server on an old PowerPC IA paraphrased quote from a user: > I am actually signed to TVT records but it this server’s contents that enables my creativity. These days I pay for everything, but that testament to digital freedom sticks with me. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications
- karlshea 5y agoYes! Hotline was wild.
- amatecha 5y agoI'm actually logged into an hl server as we speak! (Higher Intellect) .. Still some of my favorite internet memories. I still insist my fast typing speed is due to chatting for hours and hours every night on there :)
- kalleboo 5y agoI am not affiliated in any way with SADwyw spider. I agree to delete all backups within 24 hours as per the internet act signed by Bill Clinton.
- 0des 5y agoHotline is still up :) Now we use KDX, Pitbull Pro and a few others, but it's still around. Check out Preterhuman.
- nodesocket 5y agoHotline, brings me back. Find the third word ending in ‘ed’ after clicking the banner ad. That’s your hotline password.
- yboris 5y agoThe pinnacle of sharing music was Audiogalaxy
- alangibson 5y agoFully agree. I discovered Tenacious D though their early bootlegs on AG. The amount of stuff they had available had never been matched.
- blackearl 5y agowhat.cd was the high point IMO
- flatiron 5y agoRedacted is still very good. Sadly spotify makes it too easy so I stopped pirating music.
- cannabis_sam 5y agoOink, what.cd, and the redacted followers, were on a level that commercial streaming will never ever reach. (The only reason is our absurd, anti-culture copyright laws)
- fumar 5y agoI loved Audiogalaxy but Soulseek was the best in its prime. Either way I miss those days. It felt like the whole world was open to sharing.
- anothermoron 5y agoOink's pink palace was.
- anoncow 5y agoThis! A web browser based UI which would trigger downloads in a native download manager is a user experience which is unparalleled to the day!
- vadfa 5y agoYou know, Soulseek exists.
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- marcodiego 5y agoI'm impressed soulseek exists and is popular. I think it is the only centralized p2p network which survived.