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by codesushi42 2579 days ago
Not true. Pay per minute Internet access did not last that long, by the mid 90s it wasn't even a thing. Image porn on the Internet was a big deal in the 90s, especially in the second half of the decade. Plenty of people had dial up, hence the massive popularity of ICQ and later AIM. And of course email, online gaming, and the dotcom bubble...

And I never said Internet porn. While not free, porn was still cheap and easy to get on cable or satellite, or at video rental stores.