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Napster was a big part of it, credit where credit is due, but faster networks were the critical ingredient. I was in college at the time and it blew up on campu
by bradleyjg 2y ago
Napster was a big part of it, credit where credit is due, but faster networks were the critical ingredient. I was in college at the time and it blew up on campus, but for my friends still in high school on DSL or even still POTS it was far less useful.
- vlovich123 2y agoI was on 56k and Napster was the best and fastest thing around for a while, but more importantly had the largest library. Gnutella/Kazaa took over but only once Napster shut down and people started making their libraries available there. Torrents came in short order but that was more coupled to when broadband became much more widely adopted
- skeeter2020 2y agoUniversities & Colleges have been ground zero for establishing pretty much every major advancement, from the internet itself to Doom, file sharing and Facebook. Lots of resources combined with young, rich people with big ideas and energy who get the benefit of knowledge & wisdom while almost universially staking out a position in opposition to the established "way things are".