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Re:YouTube “Let's Play”s are preserving video game history by philwelch on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:17PM (#19925862)
> What? That's exactly how the internet worked before YouTube.

Yeah--there weren't very many videos because most web hosting services didn't let you consume that much hard drive space.

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Re:YouTube “Let's Play”s are preserving video game history by dpkonofa on Thursday May 16, 2019 @07:58PM (#19934714)
I don't think that HD space was the limiting factor. We'd still have gotten to the point of unlimited storage space like we have now.
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