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Why would anyone use AIM when our primary device is a cellphone these days? iMessage, What’s App, and other apps provide more functionality that is right at my
by wil421 9y ago
Why would anyone use AIM when our primary device is a cellphone these days? iMessage, What’s App, and other apps provide more functionality that is right at my finger tips at all times.
AIM and AOL were popular when we didn’t have texts or even cellphones. It wasn’t so common to give kids cellphones early in those days.
- twostorytower 9y agoAIM could have become Whatsapp if it was smart.
- niftich 9y agoAIM was available as an app on iOS App Store's launch day on July 11, 2008. But push notifications for the iOS Platform didn't arrive until June 2009, so it was cumbersome -- daresay awful: messages only arrived when it was in the foreground [1]. Within a few months of push notifications first being available, WhatsApp was released for iOS, in November 2009. [1] https://www.macworld.com/article/1135141/aim_review.html https://www.macworld.com/article/1135141/aim_review.html
- wil421 9y agoAbsolutely. The same things I liked about AIM are the same things I like about iMessage and what’s app. As another person pointed out, I can send the message to the people I want not followers.