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Re:AIM will be discontinued today by SilasX on Friday December 15, 2017 @12:13PM (#15933256)
Yes, and will continually bloat with upgrades since "computers get faster, what's the problem?" (See: Electron platform.)
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Re:AIM will be discontinued today by volkl48 on Friday December 15, 2017 @02:50PM (#15934483)
The main AIM client was notorious for this itself (at least in the 2000s when I used it), ads, growing installation size, bloat "features", etc.

It's what pushed a lot of users to use alternate clients or stick with old versions.

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Re:AIM will be discontinued today by mkhalil on Friday December 15, 2017 @03:08PM (#15934633)
Or install "AIM Ad Hack". Ahhh Nostalgia.
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