Yahoo Messenger - Wikipedia
Yahoo! Messenger (sometimes abbreviated Y!M) was an advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger was provided free of charge and could be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo ID" which also allowed access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail.
Yahoo Messenger Is Shutting Down After 20 Years
2018年6月8日 — Oath, the Verizon subsidiary that operates Yahoo, announced Friday that it will shut down Yahoo Messenger next month. Users won’t be able to access the service after July 17 anymore,...
Yahoo Messenger Is Now Dead, but You Can Still Get a Copy of ...
2018年7月18日 — Yahoo Messenger, the pioneering messaging app that changed the way users communicated over the Internet, is now officially dead. To recall, California-based company Yahoo announced last month that it would be killing off Yahoo Messenger. Users can now no longer access chats in-app, and the service will no longer work.
What Ever Happened to Yahoo! Messenger? - TechSpot
2022年6月30日 — Yahoo! Messenger kept growing, reaching about 20 million U.S. users in 2002, but still hadn't closed the gap from AIM, while MSN Messenger did.
Yahoo! Messenger: What Was It & Why Did It Shut Down?
2023年5月4日 — Yahoo Messenger was an instant messaging service from Yahoo that was provided for mobile devices through the smartphone app and desktop users through the web and a software program. The service was shut down by Yahoo on July 17, 2018.
Yahoo Messenger Shuts Down, Directs Users To Group …
2018年6月8日 — For now, Yahoo isn’t offering a replacement for Messenger, which attracted millions of users over the past two decades.
After 20 years, Yahoo Messenger is finally shutting down
After a 20-year run, Yahoo Messenger is shutting down. Yahoo didn't give a reason for its cancellation, but it likely had trouble competing with the many messaging apps on the market.