[rvense]

I know a lot of regular people who got external Firewire drives with their Macs in the late 00's. My dad has a good pile with old photos on them.

[photojosh]

It was significantly faster than USB2 in practice. I sold my external FW drives not that long ago, was using them with a FW-Thunderbolt adapter for quite a few years ago.

[coldtea]

I got a couple as well. But the huge majority of the population didn't. Most PCs didn't even come with such ports...

[kccqzy]

I bought FireWire drives in the early '10s too. Although USB3 was available, FireWire drives still tend to be cheaper.