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SmellyGeekBoy on Dec 20, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome o...

How would the typical early-2000s Windows user have downloaded Netscape without a preinstalled browser? FTP on the command line?

Donald on Dec 20, 2017 | [–]

Have we forgotten how software was distributed in this era?

https://i.imgur.com/RShi0Sg.jpg

ksk on Dec 20, 2017 | [–]

Makes sense to include a tool with the OS that would let you download stuff then. Like a web browser. :)

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