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.

  • parpol@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    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.

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      1 month ago

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