>>5191133immediately
it was more a matter of when did internet piracy become sketchy
dumped vhs tapes were not a common find but they occassionally existed in varying qualities always maxing out at whatever the highest quality they could get for 700mb (size of a cd)
apps and games were easy to get and most cracks were legit just built into the installers
there were also tons and tons and tons of free to play games, it used to be called shareware. you play like level 1 of the game and can buy the full game to unlock all the levels