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Anon does some online shopping (europe.pub)

submitted 5 days ago by Gorilladrums@lemmy.world to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Rose tinted glasses. Shopping online in 2005 was absolutely not as simple as 3 clicks.

you missed the part about broken links, pages that wouldnt load because of some random HTML error, oh, and the payment itself either getting rejected or otherwise not working for a long time.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Not to mention the popup ads...

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The internet in the 2000s was like a WW1 Trenchline. Noise and graphic content everywhere and one wrong move could cost you life or limb.

I dont exactly remember when it started getting "safer" because I think the same time the internet was getting safer to browse, a lot of Millenial and Zillenial kids were getting smarter and otherwise learning how to not get malware and worms on their PC

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I remember arguing with my mum over a banner ad that said "congratulations you're the 1000th person to visit this page, youve won 1million dollars"

I was really young and I was like mum just put your card in here and get a million dollars its so easy and you always complain about having no money. Its not a scam we just got lucky.

I am lucky neither of my parents had a credit card or any trust for computers.

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I only fell for one of those maybe once or twice before I caught on. No money was lost though. just spam/adware

I did manage to get scammed and have my habbo hotel account stolen though, I was also a stupid kid.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

So many popup ads, and no adblockers to prevent them.