I just wish they hadn’t killed off the old protocol, so that it would still be easy to be signed in using a third-party client. However, 'ICQ' (that is what the people call this communication tool.

As a result, at the moment, not every user of the global web knows what an ICQ number is and why it is needed at all. But I’m thankful that as a legacy user, I’ve been brought along for the ride, as I am likely not going to produce any revenue-generating activity for mail. Something similar happened with ICQ - once this tool for sending instant messages online was very popular, but various competitors gradually appeared. And that’s completely legitimate, as it really ends up being just another IM now. I understand your perspective, you’re looking for the “real” ICQ experience, and the current ICQ definitely isn’t it. If you look at Microsoft’s implementation of integrating Skype and Messenger/Microsoft accounts, you end up with users like live:jonathan_392819, which is no where near the existing Microsoft account name and is confusing in a lot of ways to both old and new users. Considering how many owners ICQ has had, it’s extraordinary for everything to still be there, right down to the original names (and my own rename of contacts from the late 90s). Some messaging clients, most notably Skype, allow their users to make calls to. I can log into my UIN without issue, and like you said, my old contacts have their UINs exposed as nicknames, ie. You cannot call actual phone numbers, such as someones cell phone or landline. From my view that’s a great way to integrate the old with the new.

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