Re:What does a leaked Google memo reveal about the future of...
by medoc on Sunday May 14, 2023 @03:26PM
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Not to nitpick but this would rather be around 199x when AOL joined the Internet.
Re:What does a leaked Google memo reveal about the future of...
by AnonymousPlanet on Sunday May 14, 2023 @06:54PM
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Oh, it's a different time for any group of people you ask. For some it was AOL, for others the media coverage that picked up around 1995/1996. And some were late to the game and only noticed when every one around them got DSL in the early 2000's. I kind of picked 2004 at random. It represents a (sadly rather sizeable) group of people in rural areas who neither got DSL nor internet over cable before that time and therefore just didn't pay attention.
But yes, public perception is a different thing. Most people are totally baffled when I tell them that the first spam email was sent in 1978, because for a lot of people the internet (and with it email) popped into existence somewhere around 2004.