[HN Gopher] Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1B (2007)
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       Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1B (2007)
        
       Author : cryptoz
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-03-17 19:05 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | cush wrote:
       | RIP the internet
        
       | pcthrowaway wrote:
       | I wonder if this was the defining event marking the beginning of
       | the internet sucking.
        
         | sharemywin wrote:
         | The internet has always sucked. dial-up was the worst.
        
           | olyjohn wrote:
           | I mean, compared to modern broadband, it sucks because it's
           | slow... but otherwise dialup was awesome. If only for the
           | fact that I could choose whatever ISP I wanted, and there was
           | lots of competition. Most things were built for slow
           | connections, so I don't remember it being all that bad. Had
           | my download managers all set up to download large files while
           | I was sleeping or at school...
        
           | sidpatil wrote:
           | The Internet existed for a while before dial-up became
           | widespread. Dial-up was what led to the term "Eternal
           | September".
        
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