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PSA: AIM Will Be Discontinued Tomorrow (fortune.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the end-of-an-era dept.

Cutting_Crew writes: Along with Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ, I used AIM extensively (without an AOL subscription of course). AIM will finally come to a halt on December 15th, 2017, as reported a few months ago and explained in AOL fashion over on their website. I remember using AIM to keep in touch with friends, co-workers and yes, even tried dating back in the day using the "looking for love" feature not only available to AOL subscribers but also extended to AIM users as well. Any memories you want to share? Speak now, or forever hold your peace.

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  1. Regretting that "lifetime" license... by Albert71292 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...that I bought for Trillian several years ago. After AIM shuts down, I'll only be using Trillian for ICQ and Facebook Messenger.

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    "A Bird In The Hand Will Poop On Your Wrist"-Benny Hill,1982
    1. Re:Regretting that "lifetime" license... by Cutting_Crew · · Score: 2

      Yeah - ever since msn and yahoo cut off the protocols that Trillian used (and other 3rd party chat clients), theres not much left(except ICQ). I have Adium running on my mac and i am still signed into AIM, so not sure if someone forgot or someone ended up calling in sick.

    2. Re:Regretting that "lifetime" license... by alexo · · Score: 3, Interesting

      May I interest you in Pidgin?

      If you end up regretting using it, you can get a full refund.

  2. Re:Why discontinue it? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 2

    A lot of Mac users. AIM was the default protocol for all accounts a while back.

    Today I had to remind three friends to (finally) drop AIM and switch to iMessage.

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    #DeleteFacebook
  3. Re:Why discontinue it? by mark-t · · Score: 2, Informative

    It may have escaped your attention that the above poster was talking about Apple computers in the first place, since he explicitly mentioned how it affects Mac users.

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    File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
  4. Cue Cricketts by jwhyche · · Score: 2

    Chirp... Chirp,,,

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    I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
  5. AIM for Cybiko, Anyone? by DevCybiko · · Score: 2

    I wrote an AIM client for the Cybiko Handheld Computer for Teens back in 2001. The Cybiko was toy of the year in 2000. It was a handheld computer with a full keyboard and GameBoy quality display. It also had a 2Ghz wireless connection so that up to 50 Cybikos could communicate. If you connected one Cybiko to your PC through the serial port, you could use my software to do AIM communication on one or several other Cybikos remotely. When smartphones came on the market the following year, the Cybiko died a quiet death and all the Cybiko staff migrated to game programming for flip phones. Greg Smith "Devcybiko"