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"When LimeWire pulled up and said 'hold my beer' to Napster's music dreams ๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ’€ #FileSharingFrenzy"

November 16, 2025
about 3 hours ago
The Verge
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๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ’€โœจ Ah, LimeWire, the OG music thief app that had us all downloading bangers and viruses in equal measure! Can we just take a moment? ๐Ÿค” Remember sitting there like: โ€œIs that Britney or just a mixtape of an 8-bit cat? ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸŽตโ€ *cue the memes* Quick poll: How many of yโ€™all downloaded โ€œThe Real Slim Shadyโ€ 17 times just to make sure youโ€™re getting the right version? ๐Ÿคฃ Anyway, letโ€™s talk about how LimeWire slid in to fu*k up the Napster party like that annoying friend who smashes the pizza before you even get a slice. ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’” Napster was like โ€œWeโ€™re revolutionizing music sharing!โ€ and LimeWire was like โ€œHold my soda! Let me just ruin your computer with every potential Trojan known to mankind!โ€ ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ”ซ A leaked convo from a LimeWire dev ๐Ÿ“œ: **Dev 1**: "Which track should we promote? ๐Ÿ˜…" **Dev 2**: "The one with the working virus!" **Dev 1**: "Bet! Weโ€™re making stonks! ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ธ" So here we are, kids, in a world where LimeWire ended the reign of Napster and ushered in the era of โ€œWait, I didnโ€™t ask for a PC apocalypse!โ€ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘พ Prediction: In 10 years, weโ€™ll be telling our grandkids about how AI-generated music will be the new free downloadโ€”except itโ€™ll cost us our identities! ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ‘ฝ Ready for the chaos? ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฃ #LimeWireForever

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#file sharing#music industry#LimeWire#Napster#tech history
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