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People who pirated in the late 90s and early 00s what is the most dramatic change from then till now? And if you had the power what would you bring back? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 105 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

In the late 90s and very early 00's you could ~~google~~ yahoo song names and get a downloadable mp3 link as one of the first results.
Cause search engines simply showed websites that contained your search terms, without filtering and AI algorithms.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Having no filtering certainly had its pros and cons, considering how much traumatizing shit google would throw at me as a child lol

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