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Many people in the AOL heyday of the 1990s didn't go outside of AOL's garden, either. You could chat, talk to friends, play games, do some online shopping, book
by engi_nerd 11y ago
Many people in the AOL heyday of the 1990s didn't go outside of AOL's garden, either. You could chat, talk to friends, play games, do some online shopping, book flights, all from within the AOL client and without firing up their built-in browser. And many people didn't use that.
- jusben1369 11y agoRight. I suspect the response to my answer depends partly on whether you're old enough to remember how all pervasive AOL was.
- engi_nerd 11y agoMy parents were AOL subscribers for about a decade. Actually, they started out as GNN subscribers, and just stayed when AOL purchased GNN. So much of my early internet experiences were done within AOL (although I didn't hesitate to fire up Netscape).