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LimeWire
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LimeWire

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Introducing the New LimeWire

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Went to see if limewire was still a thing and got shot 4 times with a gun

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    • vortic@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      It was simply peer to peer file sharing rather than torrenting. Torrenting allows you to collect different parts of the file from different people. Lime Wire just depending on a stable connection between you and the host machine.

      It was also full of fake shit and viruses. I remember spending hours getting rid of “Gator” a couple of times as a stupid college student.

      • busteray@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        I swear I remember limewire having the equivalent of seeds and files being downloaded from multiple places at the same time.

        Mandela effect?

        • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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          Yeah I’m with you, hell I even remember being on WinMX before that and even that having multiple seeds?

    • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Yeah it was so good that every download was a gamble if you were getting the song you wanted or uncensored war footage and cp