Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldimagemessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down19
arrow-up1339arrow-down1imageYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square94linkfedilink
minus-squareMacN'Cheezuslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 hours 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-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-213 hours 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.”