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For the younger folks: Napster arose when CDs and radio were the dominant official commercial distribution platforms for music. CD ripping into MP3s and portabl
by hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
For the younger folks: Napster arose when CDs and radio were the dominant official commercial distribution platforms for music. CD ripping into MP3s and portable music players drove the need to share them, and the internet was new, but needed a more scalable way to exchange them. Back in the day, it was mostly IRC channels, but these were slow and cumbersome. So Napster, Gnutella, and Hotline took off. These gradually gave way to eDonkey2000/eMule, KaZaA, and Limewire. These also then gave way to BitTorrent and overlay p2p apps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications
- lagniappe 2y agoI miss Hotline so much. Glad The Agency is still around.
- spectre3d 2y agoI used Hotline client a bunch, but ran my own servers on KDX and Carracho. Same client-server setup as Hotline. It was great to peruse the music people had uploaded to my server and discover bands I didn’t know that way. Not having any luck finding info about The Agency. Can you provide some?