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The French minitel in mid-80s was successful also thanks to online porn. It was not using the internet (not TCP-IP network), but it was pushing the ASCII art t
by llsf 2y ago
The French minitel in mid-80s was successful also thanks to online porn. It was not using the internet (not TCP-IP network), but it was pushing the ASCII art to its limits :)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-24-mn-718-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-24-mn-718-st...
and it made some people rich
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/le-monde-to-be-taken-over-by-tycoon-who-built-fortune-on-porn-2012264.html https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/le-monde-t...
- Foobar8568 2y agoI remember there were ads everywhere for stuff like 3615 ULLA, magazine, billboards, any walls etc. Crazy time.
- rmnclmnt 2y agoA TV show revolving around this exact period titled « 3615 Monique » (« Cheeky Business » in English) was released in 2020. A kind of french « Social Network » in some way, pretty cool