that's a great opportunity for any meebo alternative out there because a lot of people were more then happy to use meebo...
Not enough to keep Meebo independent.
Meebo discontinued: shutting down on July 11, 2012
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Re: Meebo discontinued: shutting down on July 11, 2012
#12I guess I no longer need to have an Adblock rule for the Meebo bar that appears on so many websites...
now you just need one for Google bar ;)
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#13Re: Meebo discontinued: shutting down on July 11, 2012
#14There's still reddit..
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#15Re: Meebo discontinued: shutting down on July 11, 2012
#16Oh, come on. Fuck this. Can we ever trust a service to keep running for even a third of our lifetime?
My favorite coffee shop shut down.
Re: Meebo discontinued: shutting down on July 11, 2012
#17I guess the 'dont be evil' phase of google is long past huh.
Re: Meebo discontinued: shutting down on July 11, 2012
#18I'm curious to see how Google will integrate it into +
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#19Oh, come on. Fuck this. Can we ever trust a service to keep running for even a third of our lifetime?
This is why I tend to use paid services. The incentive to shut down services that make money is a lot less than those that hemhorrage cash.
Re: Meebo discontinued: shutting down on July 11, 2012
#20Oh, come on. Fuck this. Can we ever trust a service to keep running for even a third of our lifetime?
The services that they're shutting down were all provided for free with no obvious source of significant revenue.
If you were paying them and they were making a profit then you might have a better chance.