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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So, you're saying porn is the ultimate culprit? Because without porn we'd probably still be on 1Mbit or so

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[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

Basically. It ruined Beta too.

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[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 2 months ago

That's a widespread myth and absolutely false.

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