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What happened

When Ars launched in 1998, there was one way to read it: in a web browser on a PC (or Mac). Either way, it was butt in chair, chair at desk.

Articles were available as formatted PDF files, so you could print out John Siracusa's Mac OS X Public Beta review and read it on the subway or build your own searchable archive of your curated Ars content. Another option was full-text RSS feeds—instead of getting a two-paragraph summary, subscribers could browse Ars in their favorite RSS reader.