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RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its time(arstechnica.com)

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ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org
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“ahead of its time”? Just because Google tries to reinvent text chat every 3 seconds doesn’t mean there are new things to add

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Andi@feddit.uk
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Though someone hacked it a few years ago and took it over. Demanded money from me and I told them to f off, as I hadn’t used it for years.

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Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.world
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And now I’m jealous of everyone who did experience it, because I have never heard of it until news of it shutting down reached my eyes.

It was never popular where I’m from. Not even AIM was well known to us.

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saywhatisabigw@lemmy.world
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ICQ and prodigy online service were killer products.

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uid0gid0@lemmy.world
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602928

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aramova@lemmy.world
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Six digits, that’s old school.

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