Is Direct Connect still 'a thing'? (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago by ErwinLottemann@feddit.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I remember using it a lot a few years ago in the early 2000s and I wonder if that's still used...?

If it is, which client should one be using?

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[-] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yup. Where people would share their entire c drive to be able to join servers...

Their entire c drive..... Everything.

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

They'll get your system32!

[-] HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

That was super helpful to just grab one or two broken files from any installed software though. I just had a 250GB ISO with 2MB of compressed zeroes to get into servers with ridiculous requirements. Fun times...

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