Normal amount

Some did this because it was a long time ago and the internet was new and only a few people had it.

Some people did this because the internet wasn't new, and the parents knew what kind of trouble giving a 10 year old unmonitored access to the internet could lead to - which meant that they would have to travel to that one friend's house whose parents didn't give a damn.

Then there are those that grew up after the age of smart phones and can't understand how two people could read from the same phone screen at the same time.