• cog@sopuli.xyz
    38·
    2 months ago

    Does Limewire still exist? I’m too afraid to check, probably get a virus from just googling it.

      • lemmyman@lemmy.world
        21·
        2 months ago

        I was thrilled that I cringed my kids by coming up with “rizzmas” and then saddened to find that it, too, is crypto.

        • cog@sopuli.xyz
          11·
          2 months ago

          The damn coins steal all the names and therefore domains. Your username? Probably a cryptocoin name by now

          • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
            10·
            2 months ago

            I couldn’t find a coin gor lemmyman, but the ticker for “lemon nation” is “LEMMY”.

            I think I need to start my own crypto lol

            • cog@sopuli.xyz
              2·
              2 months ago

              Lol have to be careful when I say to someone I use lemmy now to not lead them to a cryptocoin.

              And start soon, all the names are almost taken! :D

    • kungen@feddit.nu
      7·
      2 months ago

      They put a backdoor in the software to disable it, but the underlying P2P network (gnutella) should technically still work. But you shouldn’t even try, there’s much more active alternatives.

    • ace_garp@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      I was surprised 5 months ago that Limewire has morphed into doing short-term, web-based, file-hosting under the name filetransfer.io

      I needed to share a video, larger than attachment size. Searched for ‘fileshare online’.

      The video successfully hosted for free, and was viewed.

      No report on how many viruses the viewer picked up /s.