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Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely (techcrunch.com)

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Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely::The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now,

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

ICQ... Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. I used to use the crap out of that service, but I can't for the life of me recall what killed it anymore than I can recall migrating from AIM.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

They started breaking alternative clients intentionally with small protocol changes. Instead of just eating it everybody changed IMs, fast.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Microsoft pushed msn messenger as a default in windows... Autostarted the app on login, made a million popups asking people to use it.. People stared using it. Usual story.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe somewhere, but where I lived everybody moved to Skype. It was technologically full of wizardry to make it work on bad channels, had fast file transfers, convenient GUI, groups (which ICQ didn't have, but everybody would just use web forums or web chats or, ah, IRC).

Some time ago I recovered my Skype history, googled how to retrieve it and read it from those files. I cringed so hard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I kinda liked Windows Messenger/MSN/Windows Live Messenger with all its quirks.

There were even a few MSN apps for Android back then, like Epinephrine. It was nice. I could even use MSN from my Sony Ericsson W595 through eBuddy and Bluetooth PAN networking.

Sadly, Facebook killed it and for some reason, they thought it would be nice to kill it off in favor of Skype, which never worked as intended and was a really heavy boy to run.