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TheRealEvanG t1_iy7xs10 wrote

Reply to comment by mournthewolf in TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else by wilymon

I agree with that. 2001 was about the time we got our first DVD player. My point was that the person I replied to implied that The Fast and the Furious (a 2001 film) is an accurate representation of the technological landscape in 2009, which it's not.

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mournthewolf t1_iy8s55b wrote

Oh yeah, I was in agreement with you. I was just adding my experience from 2001.

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vomitpunk t1_iy8to0s wrote

I seem to remember around that time there were also tiers of DVD players, with the barometer of quality being if it could play The Matrix DVD. People needing firmware updates for a DVD player to work in 1999/2000? Good luck with most consumers getting that done! Head cannon is those were fully updated players they stole :p

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