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There must have been a lot of people that had access to record stores but not to the internet, and not enough money for lots of CDs. And Napster launched in 199
by burkaman 5y ago
There must have been a lot of people that had access to record stores but not to the internet, and not enough money for lots of CDs. And Napster launched in 1999.
- sandworm101 5y agoNapster was the first big name, but there were other schemes for downloading music earlier. Mp3s had been around since the early nineties. Even without downloading, high CD prices saw kids copying and burning CDs for each other as soon as burners were available. So long as you had some social connections you knew someone with access to free music.
- jdofaz 5y agoAs a 90s kid with no money, the solution was to wait for the song to play on the radio and record it to a cassette tape.
- EricE 5y agoThank you. And it was rather commonplace. The idea that music wasn't accessible is crazy.