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Re:Personalized voice recordings by Elwood "You've got mail!... by roskelld on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @02:57PM (#42716095)
AOL Desktop is still a thing in 2025 and was updated as recently as a few days ago.

Michael MJD just did a video on it. Still contains Elwood's classic soundbites, along with some snazzy images of current pop stars like Avril Lavigne.

https://youtu.be/jUsym8iAWHY?si=vU5I15-qWKaEZPwC

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Re:Personalized voice recordings by Elwood "You've got mail!... by jbaber on Saturday January 18, 2025 @08:28AM (#42748167)
I was pretty sympathetic to the idea that this must be AOL taking care of customers continuously for decades until that quick mention that you start by downloading a .exe over plain http.
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