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		indymike on Dec 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do I care the open web is dying? The reason that the web won vs Prodigy, Compuware and AOL is that even in its early form, the internet as a whole was just better. Also, there were no wierd extra charges and your kids couldn't run up a bill for $300 in a night (like I did to my parents).

treeman79 on Dec 1, 2020 [–]

Ah 10 hours a month limit. Oh how I got yelled at for being online for 2 hours one night.

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