@rdnielsen@metin@pluralistic there's two definitions of the term "PC". The generic one, which idk when those first appeared, and the IBM PC compatible definition, which is also sometimes used
@alexhammy@metin@pluralistic Yes, I'm Italian and I can confirm very few people here had Internet access before the 2000s. Peeps started connecting to the internet around 2004/2005-ish and it only became mainstream around 2007/2008 with the social media boom.
@vappster@alexhammy@metin@pluralistic Italian too here, and I did browse the web with AMosaic on my Amiga for sure around 1990. There were small local dialup providers (mine in Sicily was called "Video Online" IIRC), and many of us went through public university-managed networks. But yes, I can confirm the big monopolistic phone company entered the business circa 2000, and they tried to telemarket me too, saying they had just "invented" the internet😏
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