Did ICQ's buyer overpay? - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 05-04-2010, 01:23 AM

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-a...187.5-million/

The final price $187.5M

Do you think they overpaid? ICQ is only big in a handful of countries--the US is not one of them. Also, many chat
aggregators bypass its ads. What upsides do you guys see?

Arnox · 05-04-2010, 01:39 AM

Maybe they'll change the ToS so they don't have the rights to share ANY conversation you have PUBLICLY.

ottopottomouse · 05-04-2010, 04:28 AM

They find a way of blocking all the other chat programs from containg ICQ so you are forced to use their own program - whether its a block or a fee doesn't really matter. Being less popular around the world isn't a problem if they are aiming directly at the Russian market.

Then they fill their own program with Russian advertising.

Then someone writes a small program like A-Patch for MSN that nukes the ads on ICQ and their business model goes down the shitter.

seeandsee · 05-04-2010, 04:32 AM

they will data mine your ass

Chosen · 05-04-2010, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by seeandsee

they will data mine your ass

neonlights · 05-04-2010, 05:58 AM

i couldn't believe ppl still used ICQ.

Serge Litehead · 05-04-2010, 06:15 AM

we don't know how much revenue icq is pushing

undersoul · 05-04-2010, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by seeandsee

they will data mine your ass

SmokeyTheBear · 05-04-2010, 09:18 AM

didn't read the details but these things are usually paid for over several years.

I do know big IT companies buy sites all the time just to close them so they can gobble market share

Jim_Gunn · 05-04-2010, 09:21 AM

How has ICQ actually made money all these past years? I still use an old version, ICQ 2001b, and I never have seen any ads.

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