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AIM Will Finally Die Its Last Death Later This Year
Today is another sad day, a Friday like so many others save for one tear-jerking bit of news: AOL announced its Instant Messenger will die on December 15th. It was 20 years old. This isn’t the first time that AIM has passed away. Gizmodo first reported on its death in 2012, when AOL sacked almost all of the aging service’s team. Only support staff were left, and they kept AIM alive in the same way that a hospice unit might watch over a patient with not much time left.
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By GizmodoToday is another sad day, a Friday like so many others save for one tear-jerking bit of news: AOL announced its Instant Messenger will die on December 15th. It was 20 years old. This isn’t the first time that AIM has passed away. Gizmodo first reported on its death in 2012, when AOL sacked almost all of the aging service’s team. Only support staff were left, and they kept AIM alive in the same way that a hospice unit might watch over a patient with not much time left.