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by en3r0 1153 days ago
The VPS was like $60 a year. At the end it was like $100 a year from ads.

At one point in the early 2010's there were a few $1,000 months when there was a car model released with torrent in the name!

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> At one point in the early 2010's there were a few $1,000 months when there was a car model released with torrent in the name!

"You wouldn't download a car!"

LOL I can only imagine how many people discovered the world of underground file sharing because they were interested in a Pontiac.
Have you seen an uptick after the game Elden Ring came out in February 2022? You ride a goat-horse hybrid named Torrent.
damn, it must have been frustrating to realize that this rise in income was a fluke and wouldn't happen again.