Did ICQ's buyer overpay?

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    • Nov 2003
    • 32195
    #1

    Did ICQ's buyer overpay?

    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?
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    • Arnox
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      • Sep 2009
      • 2169
      #2
      Maybe they'll change the ToS so they don't have the rights to share ANY conversation you have PUBLICLY.
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        • ottopottomouse
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          • Jan 2010
          • 13177
          #3
          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.
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            • seeandsee
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              • Mar 2006
              • 50945
              #4
              they will data mine your ass
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                • Chosen
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                  • Aug 2001
                  • 63151
                  #5
                  Originally posted by seeandsee
                  they will data mine your ass

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                    • neonlights
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Dec 2009
                      • 464
                      #6
                      i couldn't believe ppl still used ICQ.

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                        • Serge Litehead
                          Confirmed User
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 5190
                          #7
                          we don't know how much revenue icq is pushing
                          Last edited by Serge Litehead; 05-04-2010, 05:17 AM.

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                            • undersoul
                              Confirmed User
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 1212
                              #8
                              Originally posted by seeandsee
                              they will data mine your ass
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                                • SmokeyTheBear
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                                  • Jun 2004
                                  • 28609
                                  #9
                                  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
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                                    • Jim_Gunn
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2003
                                      • 5702
                                      #10
                                      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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