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AOL flooded America with free CDs
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If you were alive in 1998, you used an AOL free trial CD as a drink coaster. America Online flooded the United States with so much physical spam that for a brief period, half the world’s entire CD production capacity was dedicated just to printing AOL logos. They literally carpet-bombed the planet with discs offering '500 Free Hours!', single-handedly defining an era of dial-up tones and environmental waste.
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