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[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm gonna ignore non internet based methods. Here is the evolution imo

  1. BBS
  2. Usenet & warez websites
  3. Server client setups (Hotline etc)
  4. P2P without resuming (Napster etc)
  5. P2P W/resume & multiple sources (Kazaa, LimeWire etc)
  6. Torrents
  7. Streaming torrents
  8. Usenet

Edit: I'm seeing IRC a lot, not sure where it fits in this list. Assume it's around no 2.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

This is the correct list, having lived through it. BBS services in the mid-1980s were the start of Razor1911, Paradox and other distro and cracker groups. I'd edit 2 to include FTP which is what BBS evolved into with secret dropsites for new releases.

IRC is 2.5 on this list. You can group that alongside the pre-web internet services, like AOL which had slightly IRC-like chat rooms dedicated to serving warez and videos in the same way (requesting a list from a chatbot, and then requesting sequential files).

Some light history here, though like all warez-related scholarship, there's a ton missing that you had to have seen to know:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez_scene

https://archive.org/details/b904a8eb-9c98-4bb1-bf25-3cb9d075b157/

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 2 points 9 hours ago

Great list! And according to your list I'm right. BBSes aren't internet, and usenet is a synonym for newsgroups