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What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? (www.techspot.com)
submitted 2 months ago by kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The bottom of the article links to the history (individual features) of other IM programs from that era as well like ICQ and Yahoo Messenger.

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[–] parpol@programming.dev -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft happened.

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

MSN = Microsoft Network. They didn't "happen"...they were always part of the process. MSN messenger was never anything other than a Microsoft product.

[–] parpol@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The reason MSN stopped being used was because Microsoft started requiring Microsoft accounts for it to work, and started pushing people towards Skype. Which is why "Microsoft happened". I never really meant to imply that Microsoft bought it or anything, just that they are the reason it eventually died.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought it always required a microsoft e-mail? It's why most millenials had a hotmail before gmail was a thing.

[–] parpol@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but those Hotmail accounts were lightweight and simple. They weren't connected to a Microsoft metaverse of spyware like they are now. I had 3 of these Hotmail accounts but at some point I got locked out of all of them for not providing Microsoft with my phone number. That's how I personally stopped using MSN.