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Yes, today's internet is far tamer. You need to go on tor to find half the stuff I'd see daily on forum around 1999.

I find the opposite is true. There used to be WAY more easy access to straight up illegal stuff right out of google search.

Indeed, it probably had more hardcore content

I dunno, I grew up when StileProject, Rotten.com, and Ogrish were in their heyday.....theync is just as bad, and IMO more accessible.