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ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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ICQ will stop working on June 26. It's encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company.

I stopped using ICQ in the very early 00s. I didn't know anything of it still remained.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

TIL: ICQ was still around

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I stopped around the same time. But I didn’t know they were run by VK. That’s interesting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

They were acquired recently.

Mirabilis created ICQ. AOL bought Mirabilis in 1998. Russian investor DST (which soon became Mail.ru and later VK) bought ICQ from AOL in 2010, probably because Russians were among the few nationalities still using it. Russians were over 25% of the hits, and it was the biggest instant messenger in Russia at the time. They also own VKontakte, hence why they're directing people there.