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Apps are popular until they aren’t. Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and Skype were all popular once.

Ads are one thing, but now WhatsApp is letting businesses message you in Europe, only with opt out. This is pretty frustrating. I suspect some users will seek alternatives.


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ReptileMan06/17/2025

>. Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and Skype were all popular once.

Credit where credit is due, Microsoft needed more than a decade to kill skype. It was so resilient and entrenched.