gopher:// The web before the web

Before the web became the way we tend to view most the content on the internet, there was another technology that was taking off and was becoming the default way people would search and view the internet, and that was gopher. Why did gopher take off, and what stopped it and allowed the web to become the thing it is now. https://www.youtube.com/@RetroBytes_BitsBobs To join our discord https://discord.gg/JmyJmwkc This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com). 00:00 - Intro 00:21 - A word from our sponsor 00:43 - The internet before Gopher 03:09 - What is gopher 05:21 - How did gopher come to be 06:40 - Whats this web thing 12:22 - What happened to gopher 13:47 - Is gopher dead 17:34 - Thanks