The ICQ messaging app is shutting down on June 26th, marking the end of a much-beloved communication application.
  • twinnie@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 month ago

    It’s been part of VKontakte since 2010. Good riddance I guess.

    Loved it back in the day.

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      1 month ago

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    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 month ago

      the weirdest location I ever heard that sound was a random small supermarket that had that sound as the scan-bleep-sound of the register barcode scanner.

      Every item that was getting pulled over it, went “uh oh”

  • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I assume today it is more a compete OS with games, browser, officer suite, video editing, … than just a messenger? It sure would be if I extrapolate my experience from back in the day.

  • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Nooooooo. I can’t remember my ICQ, maybe I still have it somewhere, but this is still sad.

    At least IRC is still going.

    Edit:

    In its heyday, ICQ boasted over 100 million users on its platform, which was a remarkable achievement at the time. In 2010, ICQ was purchased by Mail.ru (now VK), who has since owned the products as it declined in use.

    Today, ICQ announced that they are shutting down on June 26th, recommending that users switch to VK Messenger and Workspace.

    So apparently Russian business killed it.

  • snownyte@kbin.social
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    1 month ago

    Yahoo! Messenger shut down in 2018
    MSN Messenger discontinued in 2013
    AIM Messenger discontinued in 2017

    ICQ was really the last of them and it’s ending quite an era.

  • IndiBrony@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I remember when they first introduced the live chat feature.

    You could literally watch the other person type something out, erase their mistakes and correct it in real time.

    That shit blew my mind as a kid.

    RIP one of the most enjoyable messengers I ever used 🫡

  • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Back in like 2006, I’ve made an account for myself. A bot added me, asked how big my dick is, and then I’ve never used it again