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The early days of downloading were a fun time

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Good to know some vestige of the old days lives on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

What I remember (I think it was the eDonkey software) was the ads were just photos in a folder.

What I did was found dummy ads, renamed them to the names of the legitimate ads, deleted the original ads, and set the folder to read only. All I ever saw were the joke ads.

Man, that brings me back. That and the software that would update your trackers automagically every x amount of minutes.