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Re:The next Google by jusssi on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @01:59AM (#30928921)
> What were these high barriers to entry?

Cost was one. Hardware wasn't cheap and it would seem to have no practical use except to satisfy one's curiosity. A PC for the kids cost about half of our family's monthly gross income. A modem would be 10%. And the phone bill caused tourette's like symptoms more than once.

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