Dead Messaging Products
3 discontinued messaging products. Every one has a story.
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Skype
2003 – 2025
“Redefined calling. Microsoft redefined it out of existence.”
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Hike Messenger
2012 – 2021
“India's WhatsApp killer. WhatsApp killed it instead.”
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Yahoo Messenger
1998 – 2018
“It taught a generation how to say 'a/s/l?' and then watched them all leave for WhatsApp.”
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