klu9@piefed.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 13 hours agoBitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial storywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up10file-text
arrow-up10external-linkBitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial storywww.theverge.comklu9@piefed.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
The file-sharing app launched 25 years ago and unleashed a wave of piracy that would shake Hollywood to its core.
minus-squaregreenbit@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoStarted off interesting but apparently a paywall
minus-squareklu9@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 hours agoI didn’t get hit by the paywall when I read it. Just tried to get a paywall-free link thru the Wayback Machine, and even that DID get hit by the paywall :( https://web.archive.org/web/20260705150548/https://www.theverge.com/tech/959848/bittorrent-story-25-years-piracy
minus-squarenfms@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoFirefox has a “reader” mode and it may not work for all sites but on this one it allows you to read the whole text
minus-squaregreenbit@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoNice, I always forget to try that. Thx
minus-squareMoodel@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoTurn of javascript and it should be ok.
Started off interesting but apparently a paywall
I didn’t get hit by the paywall when I read it. Just tried to get a paywall-free link thru the Wayback Machine, and even that DID get hit by the paywall :(
https://web.archive.org/web/20260705150548/https://www.theverge.com/tech/959848/bittorrent-story-25-years-piracy
Firefox has a “reader” mode and it may not work for all sites but on this one it allows you to read the whole text
Nice, I always forget to try that. Thx
Turn of javascript and it should be ok.