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bluethrowaway on April 16, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sergey Brin: Facebook and Apple a threat to Intern...

They did predate the modern commercial internet. Commercial ISPs didn't appear till the late 80s (at best) and AOL started in ~81. In that context they're a weak example to cite.

redthrowaway on April 16, 2012 [–]

Did you a thallus create an account just to respond to me? I didn't think our exchange was so contentious as to merit a new account.

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