True, but that was easy. It was a bit less convenient than file-sharing systems because you had to search as a separate step, using a different program, but it wasn't hard.

> often you needed to upload a certain amount of content just to download anything

I saw that sort of thing with BBSes, but never with FTP sites. I didn't know that was a thing with them.

> Did you actually ever use Scour or Audiogalaxy pre napster?

Those aren't ftp clients. I was questioning the premise that ftp was hard to use.