Gregory's Server@jaredwhite This makes me think that the real reason AOL Instant Messenger went away is that they couldn't figure out how to sell our conversations without it being totally creepy.
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@raddude12 @stylinstainless @jaredwhite And let's not forget that The Internet becoming a thing is why AOL went away. @raddude12 Remember when we had cell phones with AOL Instant Messenger on them? What was that about? Ha ha. @stylinstainless No. By the time I had my first smart phone (circa 2010), it was dead. @raddude12 @stylinstainless @jaredwhite But IM hasn't gone away. FB/Insta/WhatsApp, Twitter, Google Chat/Talk/Duo, iMessage, Discord... The thing SMS has going for it is that people are actively paying for it with the subscription. But it hasn't subsumed all the other forms of communication. |
@stylinstainless @jaredwhite SMS becoming a thing in the US is why IM went away.