AIM RIP

5 years ago

Welp, I guess that's the end of that, then.

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Tags: doomed, firstperson, nscp, phones, retrocomputing, the future, www

10 Responses:

1. Malachi Kenney says:

   5 years ago at 10:47 pm

   I hear the kids snapchat these days.

2. Eric Gottesman says:

   5 years ago at 11:18 pm

   I feel weird about being bummed about this.

3. Dara says:

   5 years ago at 11:36 pm

   Wow, okay, there's an app icon I haven't seen in a while.

4. MattyJ says:

   5 years ago at 10:39 am

   ICQ is still around!

5. Perry Metzger says:

   5 years ago at 2:57 pm

   It's not just AIM. The last vestige of CompuServe is being shut down today, too.

   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/compuserve-forums-rip/

   • Paul Rain says:

     5 years ago at 1:07 am

     At least they have the decency to redirect confused Seniors Forum users to a nice Web 1.0 forum site.

6. jwz says:

   5 years ago at 1:46 am

   

   • Perry Metzger says:

     5 years ago at 10:50 am

     Kudos on ginger beer over ginger ale.

7. Nate says:

   5 years ago at 6:55 am

   At least they’re excited to build the latest iconic brands!

8. thielges says:

   5 years ago at 10:21 am

   Just wait until the web servers supporting headless IoT devices start shutting down. It will bring Planned Obsolescence to a whole new level.