In any case, even though the old “ICQ” got lost among the competitors, many say that it’s too early to bury it. Someone is comfortable for work, and someone is guided by an old habit. It cannot be said that this was not a relief for AOL since the transaction amount was more than two times less than the original developers received at one time - only 187.5 million dollars.ĭespite the pressure of other messengers and the growth of social networks, an impressive number of people still use ICQ. In April 2010, investment fund Digital Sky Technologies ()acquired ICQ. As a result, all attempts were eaten up by cunning users and the company surrendered. AOL, of course, did not give up and for a long time tried to deal with all the problems. Yes, and “ICQ” worked with each update more and more slowly and slowly, which for communication on the network is simply unforgivable. The client has ceased to please users with the necessary functions, instead, taking up more and more space due to secondary ones. Someone took this neutrally, and someone began to install various “stranglers”. All the beautiful ended just when ICQ decided to add advertising. In the hands of AOL, the client was better from version to version, overgrown with useful features, some of which at that time was even revolutionary. They developed a protocol more sympathetically and tried to make them compatible, and they even wanted to buy the company itself. Although what kind of attempts they did not make. Even a giant like Microsoft did not succeed.
ICQ had so many advantages that not a single similar offer from other companies could stand the competition.
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