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Generally speaking, they were shut down because they were designed in a way that they were centrally controlled by one entity which had the ability to shut them down, just like that.
dmingod666
on March 1, 2021
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Discord, google chat, WhatsApp slack, Telegram, MsTeams, almost all commonly used chat clients are centrally managed..
olivierestsage
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Yes, and they work fine for now, but their long-term viability is far from guaranteed for this reason.
dmingod666
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On a lighter note, "In the long term, we are all dead"
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