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goodroot 71 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A retrospective of my time on the internet

Yes, crucial omission - and that was 1996!

StilesCrisis 71 days ago [–]

One big difference to note: Quake in 1996 didn't host central infrastructure or have any expectations of recurring revenue. By 2007 things had changed. WOW was built around Blizzard-hosted infra and recurring revenue as central design pillars.

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