I use Trillian to eliminate the need for four instant message clients running on my desk. This morning when I fired up the laptop I had this message waiting for me from AOL
“AIM added a new AIM Bots group to your Buddy List. AOL System Messate: Send IMs to moviefone and shoppingbuddy for great holiday flicks and gift ideas. (To remove ‘em, just right-click and delete! Learn More)”
Do you really think I wanted these Bots added by AIM to my buddy list? Needless to say I took 10 seconds right clicked and deleted them.
I got that message as well… I didn’t realize they added those contacts. Grr!
This is one of the many reasons I stopped using all they other IM clients. Only one I use is if you want to call it a IM client is Skype.
Todd, do you use the paid-for (I think it’s $25) version to Trillian which supports video too, or just the free one? Had you considered GAIM (which supports Jabber and therefore GoogleTalk) which is also free?
You can be sure that other IM networks that keep YOUR contact names on THEIR servers (allowing you to seemlessly transfer buddy names from one PC to another) will be doing the same thing VERY soon. I expect Yahoo to be first, but MSN won’t be far behind…