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Why Gopher in 2026?
A developer is defending the continued use of Gopher, the pre-web internet protocol from the early 1990s, asking why anyone would still choose it in 2026. The argument appears on a phlog — a Gopher-hosted blog — itself demonstrating the protocol in use. Discussion centers on Gopher's simplicity, low bandwidth, and freedom from the modern web's complexity and advertising.
Why now: Nostalgia and criticism of the modern web keep the tiny small-internet community debating whether obsolete protocols like Gopher still matter.
Evidence
- Why Gopher in 2026? · andsoitis · 122
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