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came across some family heirlooms today, hahaha! (infosec.pub)

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can’t say i remember much from using winME. maybe i blocked it out, haha.

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[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

So they were just giving away America Online by the 700 hour quantity? I now blame AOL for more than I had previously considered.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

It started small and they kept growing in how many free hours. It didn't stop at 700. I'm not sure where it stopped.

700 hours is about a month of nonstop use (not that people stayed connected all day back then). Not a bad offer from AOL's perspective, if you rolled into a subscription lasting years.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I guess if they would have framed it as one month free it wouldn't sound as good. I remember using it and completely ignoring everything but the actual Internet. Trolling on AIM back in the day was pretty fun.

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