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ICQ, Skype, Jabber, GTalk, in-game chat, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, private messages on forums, etc. – these are all means of communication. Obsessing over which ones are more convenient and which are less, in my opinion, is a sign of nothing more than an overdeveloped sense of self-importance.

That's exactly what's happening! Look at what the developers are doing with what you're talking about. Don't you see? It's worshiping the golden calf!

Besides, ICQ crashes often, it gets shut down! What's the point of such a messenger? I used to use it, but it annoyed me with its quirks and approaches!
What's the point of a messenger if it's down for half a day? And sometimes even for 3 days.

When AOL owned it, they banned third-party messengers, and releases sometimes came out after 3 days, and that's why I started using Miranda, and suddenly ICQ stopped working.
And you wait for a new version while they patch it, and then Mail.ru shuts down the servers, and it doesn't work for a day. I mean, if there's an alternative, why bother with it? Also, the encryption is weak, and ICQ passwords are no longer than 7 characters. It was never secure, that's why I got rid of it, and I don't care what people like.

This is a means of communication, not something to admire. So, it's a bad means of communication! And people who want to can fall in love with the emoticons and windows.
How many times has the protocol changed, and messages haven't been delivered, etc.?
Why put up with this crappy cactus? And the argument that it works for me but not for others doesn't hold water, because if it works for you, but not for everyone else, then you can just jerk off to it because you won't have anyone to talk to.

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I'm saying that freedom of communication -> different types of communication -> result.

In reality: ICQ-ism -> supported by regulations -> instilling this obligation in new players.