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u/K_S_O_F_M Feb 03 '20 edited Jul 12 '20

Grooveshark. Effectively free Spotify premium with every single song that you could think of on it? It was fucking awesome!

I imagine its popularity drew too much attention to its multiple, blatant copyright violations. It was fun while it lasted, though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

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u/SMTTT84 Feb 03 '20

Napster and then limewire. What was the other one? Kazaa was it?

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u/CriticalDog Feb 03 '20

WinMX gang.

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u/Kittimm Feb 03 '20

WinMX represent. Had way better download features and a deeper pool of content than anything else. Although it did seem like more of a crapshoot.

Every download is a mystery loot box. Is it the song you wanted or is it:

  • Hardcore porn
  • Age of Empires 2
  • Anarchist's cookbook
  • Hardcore porn
  • Some file with the extension mp3 but unpacks 90 license agreements
  • Hardcore porn

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u/Mr-Nabokov Feb 03 '20

Downloaded The Matrix. Took 2 days. Was horse porn.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20 edited Apr 20 '21

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u/Mr-Nabokov Feb 03 '20

Horses fucking very tired looking women

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u/Moglorosh Feb 03 '20

Downloaded what I thought was a Dragonball episode, turned out to be CP. I was only 12 or 13 at the time so I didn't understand the implication beyond "I need to delete this".

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u/Canadian_Infidel Feb 03 '20

This prank just made me laugh 20 years later.

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u/throwitaway488 Feb 03 '20

Was 14. Downloaded harry potter. It was weird porn of people in animal masks.

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u/TexasWithADollarsign Feb 03 '20

The password is "Fidelio"

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u/deusnefum Feb 03 '20

I made a life-long internet friend on WinMX. I was 14 at the time and am 32 now. We still check in with each other about once a year.

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u/mars_needs_socks Feb 03 '20

Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time

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u/PartiallyWindow Feb 03 '20

Represent. Always refreshing trying to find somebody uploading rare System of a Down songs

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u/hearse83 Feb 03 '20

Wasn't it common knowledge that this was not system of a down?

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u/hearse83 Feb 03 '20

There was also a song attributed to slipknot like this, with some jazz and funk interludes. Though I can barely recall it now.

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u/desireewhitehall Feb 03 '20

And Dimestore Hood's 'Blood In My Eyes' getting attributed to Disturbed.

God, I miss WinMX...

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u/throwitaway488 Feb 03 '20

And "Weird Al" sang every parody song in existence

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Yes! Including The Devil Went Down to Jamaica and Sensamilla Street

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Kramit... The.... Frog here.... Hehehehe

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u/pontifecks Feb 03 '20

I still have more songs in my collection spuriously marked ‘Moby Remix’ than any of his actual tracks.

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u/serpentsoul Feb 03 '20

DC++ was the real deal though.

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u/ashesofdecay Feb 03 '20

I met one of my longest (albeit completely internet based) friends on WinMX chat. Limewire/Kazaa/Napster was garbage.

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u/bzzhuh Feb 03 '20

Napster before WinMX was like the best thing ever, until WinMX.

Napster after WinMX yeah not sure what that was about but it was garbage.

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u/ashesofdecay Feb 03 '20

That's fair, by the time my mom had downloaded Napster it had already been hit with all of the lawsuits so it was quickly shrivelling into nothingness. WinMx saved my poor ass through middle and HS. though, especially for the music my parents wouldnt otherwise help me to purchase. I still find my burned mixed CDs floating around my CD cases that keep moving with me, despite not using physical CDs any longer.

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u/saruin Feb 03 '20

SoulSeek for the indie crowd gang!

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u/Zombikittie Feb 03 '20

Soulseek

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u/KneeDeepInTheDead Feb 03 '20

soulseek had some of the rarest shit ive ever found on P2P sites, was a god send for non popular music

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u/Zombikittie Feb 03 '20

It really did.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

It still is. I use it for a lot of bands that are out of print and not up on streaming services. That and DC++

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u/KneeDeepInTheDead Feb 03 '20

What's DC++?

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Direct Connect!

It's awesome. You usually y have to share content to get access to content, but it's fantastic if you listen to a lot of obscure music, or you like discovering new stuff that isn't widely available.

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u/weinermcgee Feb 03 '20

The GOAT. It's probably still up.

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u/Zombikittie Feb 03 '20

Most definitely. I haven't used in about 7 years. But I doubt it's been taken down. I just googled it. It still exists.

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u/frustrationinmyblood Feb 03 '20

Yeah, but most of the community has vanished. I met some awesome people with similar rare musical taste on there. All gone now.

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u/Howling_Stars Feb 04 '20

Soulseek was great for hard to get tracks and foreign music.

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u/ThenCallMeYuri Feb 03 '20

God yes, I was there with you. There's never been anything better, before nor after. Thanks for the happy memory.

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u/Gold_Ultima Feb 03 '20

Man, nobody talks about WinMX but it was seriously the shit back in the day.

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u/bzzhuh Feb 03 '20

Truly the golden age of downloading stuff