cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/1072752

For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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What do you mean? What does isp have to do with Usenet?

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Usenet access used to be included by ISPs. It’s been a long time since that was standard. I’m not sure which Usenet providers are worthwhile now.

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yeah. but i think most of them excluded binaries, even back then.

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No, binaries were included. That was the main way binaries were exchanged for a time.

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My ISP has their own usenet servers. I get access to all the good shit via it, for free.

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