30 Years of the Web Has Changed us
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@Nostalgianerd
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Thank you so much to Opera for supporting the channel: For Web Rewind: https://opr.as/03-Opera-browser-nostalgianerd – To download Opera browser: https://opr.as/03-Opera-browser-nostalgianerdyt
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@grepcatpipe
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
I remember at one time, the other use for IE was to download other search-engines.
And chat rooms!
@JarlBSoD
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Soon Internet will no longer be for humans as bots and ai take over everything 🙁
@sageflash1005
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
No mention of 'Friendster' at the Opera Web? it was the craze before Facebook took over.
@RobertLock1978
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
2:48 a coincidence of individuals ….
@BollingHolt
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
The proliferation of Windows 95 & AOL mainstreaming computers to the "dumb masses" was the OFFICIAL end of the glory days of microcomputing, and we are paying a hefty price for it and will likely continue to. I now work in an industry of supposed "computer people" who don't know their asses from holes in the ground, see low-IQ individuals walking around with what once would have been a supercomputer in their hands, with the SUM OF MAN'S KNOWLEDGE ACCESSIBLE WITH A FEW KEY PRESSES, dumber than ever. I miss when there was a barrier of entry for computing. End "grumpy old man" rant of the day.
@steveearle9678
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
As with most things, the Internet was ruined by billion dollar companies
@rallystar555
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Great video but I don't trust opera anymore.
@Artiken1
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
The internet went from "All the information you ever wanted to know, but couldn't find, to. If you pay a subscription "we promise to maybe" give you what your looking for." which ends up being another PAYWALL. Max corp profits for the ignorant and the educated.
@Graeme9851
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
I started on the internet in 1994 and i remember trying to download a topless woman picture it took more than 2 hours.😂
@DisasterxUs
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Google+ feels like it was a fever dream… also, fun fact – I first learned HTML from Neopets, which I later found out was owned by the Scientologists, so… thanks, I guess? 😅
@gamesyouloved
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
I couldn't be here if it wasnt 🙂 Wonder what life might be like? The 1980s! Great video Peter 🙂
@Froggievilleus
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
I went online for the first time in 1996 while in college. Yahoo was a text based browser. I stood at the precipice of the dawn of tomorrow not knowing where we would be today. Simpler times.
@Solanza
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Saying facebook "brought" whatsapp is just disgusting and a disgrace to the original creators.
ZuckerSlop shouldn't reach such entitlement.
@sembiance7
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
What is with the ultra annoying timer in the lower right corner?
@VladoT
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Personal computer was invented for people to use their OWN machine and not log into somebody else's mainframe computer. WE FAILED.
@Luka_Bozzha
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
No MySpace, BEBO all the way! There was nothing like loading my page up (or anyone else loading my page up) and then System of a Down's – Chop Suey automatically started playing, great times!
@danielhall6805
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
did you say facebook launched whatsapp? the audio quality isnt that great I really cant figure out what you said
@eskimo4130
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
I miss dedicated interest forums. Reddit doesn't compare one bit.
@JohnKelly2
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
I miss when the internet was fun
@melasnexperience
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
The Internet used to be a fun escape. Now it's a necessity that makes itself less & less usable.
@geordieal
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Ah the good old days, geocities, Xoom, webrings, ICQ lists, dancing babies and more. Still remember my first geocities page /sunsetstrip/palms/2829
@GCSoundArtifacts
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
At 8:22, I didn't know that the Brazilian actress had become international thanks to this meme!
@themissinfowar6629
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Cannnn I get a reeeeeee-wind?
@georgeoldsterd8994
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Wish you didn't accept sponsorship by Opera, though.
@infinitehope9999
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
wikipedia "facts corrected over time" … yeah, with a mega woke, commie bias.
@CantankerousDave
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
The biggest change is that a couple generations have never experienced NOT having crap fired into their eyeballs 24/7 and have no idea what “sitting quietly” is.
@Pichuscute
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
I don't think the internet offers any benefit to society anymore. We've so thoroughly destroyed anything positive it may have done at this point that it'd be better to just nuke it all completely.
@francismartin4318
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
What I discovered for the first time… designing and using my own stuff. Aka Claude codes simple interactive websites for me to teach science to my daughter. I upload it on github and they have access anywhere. Stupid simple but something I didn’t have time for before.
@ortegaperu8510
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
For my birtday I called my favourite italian Restuarant by phone but I admit I needed to look for the number on the internet
@BasVoet
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
This is actually strangely depressing.
@peppigue
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
don't lose hope, friends – evolution never ends
@KevenLC
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
mIRC and ICQ in the 90s…. Msn Messenger in the early 2000s.
@tomgunton
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
In many restaurants you don't even bother to call a waiter over anymore as it's easier to order on your device 😮
@nothingelse1520
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
I got my first PC and dial up internet in 1996, I miss mid-late 1990s internet.
@MrNoobed
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Copilot, reformat thisbwebsite using the latex markup language hide all ads and extraneous
@rhignome1981
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
So much not mentioned. I guess this has to be safe for YouTube
@bmwolgas
May 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
One of the oldest websites I remember visiting back in the day was happypuppy, which had a huge collection of flash and java games.
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