The end of BlackBerry Messenger
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) will soon be shutting down. It was once one of the most successful messaging apps on the market, but over time it began to lose in popularity and stopped paying out.
For about three years, Indonesian company Emtek acquired the rights to operate the unencrypted version of BlackBerry Messenger from its parent company, hoping to bring it back to the top in the instant messaging sector. “The technology industry is highly volatile, and despite a lot of effort, users moved on to other platforms, and it turned out to be very difficult to get users to sign up (to the platform),” Emtek explained in a post on its official blog.
If you download photos or videos shared with the BBM service before May 31, you will no longer be able to access that content. After that date, BBM service will be shutdown and it won’t work anymore. You may find answers to your questions in Emtek’s FAQ.
BlackBerry says it will provide the business version of BBM, which is its newest enterprise solution, for free through next year. After that, it will cost just $2.49 annually.
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Author: PC-GR
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