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Lobsters debates whether plain-text files face extinction

Technomancy and others dispute the historical premise

2 Sep 22 1:35 PM · 1d ago · 2 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 11

Commenters pushed back on the essay's claim that laypeople regularly used plain-text editors two decades ago. Technomancy said the last time they saw a layperson using plain text was in the 1990s, and dmcgrath disagreed with the timeline, noting most people they knew were comfortable with Notepad/Wordpad on PCs. Awal acknowledged the timeline may have been regional.

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