You must've lived under a rock or were born after the 90s because it was a very popular messenger app.
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Yahoo Messenger Will Be Discontinued on July 17, 2018 After 20 Years of Service
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You must've lived under a rock or were born after the 90s because it was a very popular messenger app.
Didn't even know they had a messenger. Not joking or being sarcastic either. I wish AIM would come back though.
How do I sign up? I want to be ready to be part of a class action suit cometh the day.
No way! Yahoo! Provides weather info for Apple! Oh wait, that’s The Weather Channel. Ya, it’s time for them to close shop.
Why in the world do you think there'll be a class action suit from them shutting down?
I see that with Mojave, Apple have finally removed AIM account options from the iMessage Preferences.
Was Yahoo! Auctions a thing outside of the UK? Same as eBay, but earlier and a free service. Was great until eBay really took off globally and Y! Auctions shut down.
Was Yahoo! Auctions a thing outside of the UK? Same as eBay, but earlier and a free service. Was great until eBay really took off globally and Y! Auctions shut down.
Indeed, it was a great app! I still use it, though the only service I have hooked up through Adium now is ICQ. With the demise of most of the large legacy IM services, it's now a bit less useful (but it does support a bunch of other messaging protocols).
It allows you to use a screen name, thus not revealing your telephone or email to everyone you speak with. Telegram registers your account to your telephone number, so people who already have your number will automatically find you on Telegram (no search required; you show up in their contact list immediately when they join, and vice versa), but it does not reveal your phone number to people who only know your screen name unless you expressly share your number with them. I believe you can also register to a Google voice number if you don't want to be found.
It also supports VoIP voice chats, video, etc. and works pretty seamlessly across iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, web browser, and even Windows Phone (for the less fortunate). Your entire message history is synced to any location you sign into.
Telegram works well and you need not worry what platform anyone else is using; it's fully functional on all of them, AFAIK. It's a great way to chat and get work done, IMHO.
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My wife and I still use ICQ daily to chat to each other, as it works well across our Mac desktops and our Android phones. It's been under Russian ownership for a while, though, so no doubt they're collecting all sorts of information about us that will ultimately bring down Western civilisation.
I still remember my 7-digit ICQ number. In the mid-to-late '90s it was just as important to me as my phone number.
Adium still seems to be kicking around. I was always impressed by the design of that app on the Mac. True Mac look and feel. Sadly, macOS has been losing that lately.
So I'm not the only one who for some reason still remembers my number despite ICQ coming up in my head maybe only once every few years or so these days.
I had a five digit number, and was kind of fond of it, but my account was hacked, and I lost it. I had some remote contacts who I lost contact with which sadden me a bit. But when I tried to sign up again, I got a I think 9-10 digit number, and found that was boring so I abandoned ICQ at that time. But it made me much more security conscious and I guess something good came about it.
Jerry Yang must be rolling over in his grave.
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Brilliant. I’m having an ICQ flashback now.
It’s ironic that ICQ made by Israelis is now Russia-based, and Telegram made by Russians is now blocked by Russia.
90’s teens for sure knew about it. This and aim were what we used. Parents for some reason used ICQ.
I have no idea what this service was like. I've never known anyone who used it. We all used AIM, and I knew IRC users. Discord is the new best.
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Worse than useless since they apparently distribute malware now. There were Yahoo! toolbars and adware all over my teachers' and grandparents' computers when I was in high school.
No one seems to remember Windows Live Messenger (aka MSN Messenger), which was discontinued in 2014.
Of the original popular messengers, ICQ seems to be the only one still alive.