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AOL Pretends to be the Internet (thehistoryoftheweb.com)
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[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago

Once you get into serious quantity, getting a "plain" (Read-only) CD or DVD manufactured is much cheaper than rewritable. AOL was junkmail-bombing the entire country.