@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 2 months agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldimagemessage-square121arrow-up1447
arrow-up1447imageYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.world@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 2 months agomessage-square121
minus-squareMacN'Cheezuslinkfedilink5•2 months agoNo, the real problem was that Napster had central servers that could easily be taken down via litigation. Limewire was fully P2P so there was no single point of failure.
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•edit-22 months agoThat’s why Napster went away (possibly before people late to the party had a chance to use it), but it didn’t stop it from being “the OG.”
No, the real problem was that Napster had central servers that could easily be taken down via litigation. Limewire was fully P2P so there was no single point of failure.
That’s why Napster went away (possibly before people late to the party had a chance to use it), but it didn’t stop it from being “the OG.”