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Usenet also enjoyed ISP's typically being willing to host them as part of providing basic Internet service at the time. Good luck asking Comcast and company to
by cykros 4y ago
Usenet also enjoyed ISP's typically being willing to host them as part of providing basic Internet service at the time. Good luck asking Comcast and company to host the latest iteration of social media this decade.
- jtode 4y agoI think that the desirable long term outcome involves the vast majority of people embracing the idea that we should pay up front for information services, rather than accepting "free" things from capitalists. TANSTAAFL. The good part is that operating a usenet server with no alt.binaries.* content is extremely low demand; it was designed to run on the 70s internet, so...