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jfoster · 2020-05-20 02:40:13

It pre-dates the internet. Happened with cable TV as well.

ojbyrne | karma 17267 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2022-11-09 09:26:54

This was before the internet was widespread.

klackerz | karma 105 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2016-01-09 18:04:03+00:00

Before the advent of internet.

mattl | karma 3245 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2021-11-23 11:31:58

This wasn't pre-Internet though. This happened in 1987.

OatMilkLatte | karma 56 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2020-04-15 00:13:00+00:00

Which is how it worked before the internet.

slykat | karma 434 | avg karma 3.24 · | 2013-08-14 15:05:07+00:00

This could have happened pre-internet through press. It'd a bit more more difficult logistically but this has always been possible.

madeofpalk | karma 21444 | avg karma 3.75 · | 2023-01-20 17:06:30

pre-internet

illuminate | karma 899 | avg karma 0.71 · | 2013-05-11 11:26:19

Pre-internet, it was seen as both.

closewith | karma 2626 | avg karma 3.01 · | 2024-01-25 18:38:06

No, predates broadband at least. Certainly was around on Usenet in the nineties.

tenaciousDaniel | karma 2750 | avg karma 3.96 · | 2018-07-09 21:18:05+00:00

yep. the internet was around for years before it was viable. So were computers.

cma | karma 10501 | avg karma 1.7 · | 2022-03-18 22:52:15

The internet predates the pc.

brookst | karma 8408 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2024-05-17 12:07:55

Same thing happened with the Internet.

vpastore | karma -13 | avg karma -0.13 · | 2023-05-29 00:38:51

Prior to the 1960s there was no internet.

Crinus | karma 1943 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2019-04-09 10:15:21+00:00

After, of course. Before that most people didn't have access to Internet.

DonGateley | karma 520 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2013-11-30 08:11:13+00:00

I'd like to add that this was not only before the public Internet but almost before the PC. :-)

jackgavigan | karma 10367 | avg karma 5.51 · | 2021-02-25 04:41:29

The same thing could have been said about information in the pre-Internet era.

tuyguntn | karma 1896 | avg karma 3.81 · | 2022-11-10 06:10:59

it started long ago, before government started scrutinizing internet platforms.

jordanlev | karma 1616 | avg karma 3.16 · | 2017-07-17 15:35:23

Because the "web" as we know it today did not exist until the mid-90's. Before then, there were a bunch of companies trying to sell their own Interactive TV offerings.

If you're interested in learning more about this era of internet history, I highly recommend this podcast: http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/

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frozenport | karma 2997 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2021-12-16 20:57:10

What? We had the internet back then...

elihu | karma 7452 | avg karma 2.6 · | 2020-10-29 20:03:19

...especially in a time before Internet access was common.