klu9@piefed.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 day agoBitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial storywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up192file-text
arrow-up192external-linkBitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial storywww.theverge.comklu9@piefed.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
The file-sharing app launched 25 years ago and unleashed a wave of piracy that would shake Hollywood to its core.
minus-squareStefen Auris@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 day agoIt’s not an app, it’s a protocol
minus-squaredoubtingtammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·edit-21 day agoIt’s both. The article makes the distinction. The program (i refuse to call it an app) launched 25 years ago, which was also the first implementation of the protocol.
It’s not an app, it’s a protocol
It’s both. The article makes the distinction. The program (i refuse to call it an app) launched 25 years ago, which was also the first implementation of the protocol.