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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by dec0dedab0de on Sunday February 11, 2018 @07:04AM (#16352335)
in my circle of friends it was because aim let you pick a username instead of a number
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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by shagen on Sunday February 11, 2018 @08:22AM (#16352578)
I remember that they bloated up their client so much with menu bars, icons and later ads that it was not snappy anymore and required a lot of memory. So people where looking for alternatives.
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