Jesus i'm old. This happened twenty years ago with the ICQ/Yahoo/MSN messenger wars. Everything old does become new again. I wish Congress and the EU figured th

Jesus i'm old. This happened twenty years ago with the ICQ/Yahoo/MSN messenger wars. Everything old does become new again. I wish Congress and the EU figured this out with crypto expert advice - surely we can have apps that only show you the recent messages or something. All on phone so secure but convenient. A/S/L anyone? +5 Insightful Some links for the befuddled An overview: This made the front page https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/24/business/in-cyberspace-rivals-skirmish-over-messaging.html https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/24/business/in-cyberspace-ri... https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/13/yahoo.digitalmedia https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/13/yahoo.digitalm... A delightful internal MS assembly hacking rivals message apps interview. https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-19/essays/chat-wars/ https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-19/essays/chat-wars/