[TedDoesntTalk]

> It wasn't really a walled garden, though

It effectively was for millions of users who did not venture outside the AOL client.

[hydr0]

fwiw...AOL also introduced a web browser within their client and provided its users with 2mb of web hosting space. I hosted a bunch of my first web sites using it and learned about FTP.

[TedDoesntTalk]

That’s a great story to hear and lessons my negative views of AOL. Thanks for sharing it!