Tech IndustryAug 19, 2023
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What prevented AIM (AOL instant messenger) and MSN Messenger from being on phones?
Seems like a lot of the chat apps on the phones are just reinventing the wheel based off stuff that's already in the desktop chat apps 30 years ago. And remember CompuServe?
Being owned by AOL, MSN mostly.
Lacking vision and capabilities on the mobile space
The amazing vision of company leadership
They died before data on phones became a thing
Skype was one of the first to make video calls accessible. They dropped the ball during COVID. It should've been them instead of zoom.
They were on phones. At least AIM.
Text messages. Also integrating a business app on your personal phone wasn't a common thing back then. Also the Nokia line was the most popular mobile phone, which didn't really do apps (tiny screen).