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0 pointsaxaxs5y ago0 comments

I dunno, AOL was extremely successful and people loved it. I'm not ashamed to say I liked it, having everything in the same window. Google could only hope to achieve that fluidity. Messaging, Email, and web all in one workspace.

AOL really only declined because of the rise in high speed internet, and their awful business model and practices.

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bitexploder5y ago· 1 in thread

The market also offered better services eventually and AOL simply couldn't keep up in every area. It slowly chipped away at their user base. Messaging was one of their killer features and apps like ICQ slowly ate them up while AOL tried to ride the same strategy of being everything to everyone into the future. I do agree it was a great experience for what it was, back in the day.

jhayward5y ago

AOL bought ICQ in the very early days of messaging.

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