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I thought it were merged into ICQ, weren't it?
by thriftwy 9y ago
I thought it were merged into ICQ, weren't it?
- lightedman 9y agoNo, ICQ got merged into the AIM network after AOL acquired ICQ.
- baldfat 9y ago> ICQ got merged into the AIM network after AOL acquired ICQ. ICQ is still its own separate network. You could communicate between the two but ICQ will outlive AIM :)
- WorldMaker 9y agoAOL never merged AIM and ICQ. They may have shared some server infrastructure at times, but the networks were always kept separate. I remember as a user of ICQ prior to AOL buying them [1] there was always fear that AOL would merge the two and make it the worst, lowest common denominator of the two. For a long time it felt like ICQ had the most features of the two. (Then eventually everyone was on AIM instead. Then eventually everyone was on Google Talk instead. Then eventually everyone was texting or FB messenger or Slack or something in this modern diaspora.) [1] I recall I had a 5-digit number at one point as a kid and switched to a 7-digit number later to appear less "weird"/elitist on ICQ.
- pseudalopex 9y agoAOL continued to develop both applications but did link the networks.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- VectorLock 9y agoI was going to comment: this is the final death of ICQ as well.
- thriftwy 9y agoDoesn't look to be a case. I've just opened my web ICQ and there's no warnings about potential closure.
- badwolf 9y agoAOL sold ICQ to mail.ru a few years ago
- seattle_spring 9y ago"Uh oh!"
- lightedman 9y agoNope, ICQ is still going. Wish they'd go back to looking unique but they've gone mobile-UI even for the desktop app. At least the user list is functional and voice and video chats work. You're SOL if you wanna sign up without giving out your phone number, however.
- empath75 9y agoICQ was sold to the Russians. They share some of the same software stack, but they’re separate infrastructures.
- fwn 9y agoTo mail.ru, not "the Russians". They open sourced the client last year.