Aug 15, 2025
Earlier this week, AOL said it was killing dial-up internet. And the feeling for many is bittersweet. In this piece for Pirate Wires, Visakan Veerasamy — best known for his book Friendly Ambitious Nerd, and for essays about that ethos — eulogizes the end of an era, and what's worth remembering. RIP AOL. RIP the sound of beeps and boops. RIP the under-optimized internet that once was.
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