Bige, who was sitting next door, was deeply moved recently, shook his head at the computer, and sighed: "The era that belongs to it is finally over."
I was confused when I heard it, what's the point? What era has passed?
At this time, Bi Ge directly threw several warm messages on my face.
Xiao Lei glanced at it and found that almost all of these messages were related to QQ. Some said that QQ was about to be shut down, and the intimidation nature was full.
Also, it is said that QQ's "epic" function was removed from the shelves, making old users miserable.
Source: Internet
Holding me curiously, I hurriedly went to major websites and forums for a walk, and found that the matter about QQ closure was actually magnified.
More precisely, the QQ team has only removed some niche or difficult-to-profit functions. The removal of some functions of
inevitably affects the user experience of many users.
But in my opinion, what QQ is actually thrown away is more of a function that is not strong in user perception.
If you don’t mention it seriously, you may not have heard it before.
Of course, from the overall situation, Tencent has indeed abandoned the update and maintenance of many products or functions in the past two or three months.
is not only the big brother QQ, but many surrounding ecological products have also suffered heavy losses.
Xiao Lei will give you the following today. What products and functions have Tencent removed from the shelves recently? The derivative version of
QQ is not as good as
apps will launch exclusive versions for different user audiences after they grow larger.
on the one hand is to meet user needs and improve user retention rate. On the other hand, it is to expand the market with new products and attract more people to use it.
And the QQ we are extremely familiar with is undoubtedly of the size of the social field.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is under WeChat and above ten thousand people.
Source: DoNews
With a large number of users and a wide range of demands, QQ has also derived several versions in recent years.
For example, TIM, which focuses on office, has a simple interface. While retaining the core functions of QQ, it also adds office functions such as editing documents and co-collaboration.
But it is very subtle, although TIM is launched for office workers.
But its moderately streamlined features have attracted many ordinary users to use.
Source: TIM
Of course, the update frequency of TIM is far less than that of QQ.
QQ As the big brother in the matrix, it is normal to update Wednesdays a week. In comparison, TIM is living a peaceful and peaceful retirement life.
, and TIM will cut off some functions from time to time, such as the "cloud file" stopped service yesterday. The reason for
is not difficult to understand. As for Xiao Lei personally, TIM currently has obvious conflicts with the positioning of corporate WeChat. Both products of
focus on corporate offices, but Enterprise WeChat has much complete functions such as cloud documents, cloud disks and emails than TIM.
Source: Enterprise WeChat
Since the positioning conflict is in conflict, according to Tencent’s old tradition, it is likely that only one of them will be left in the end. The worst result of
is that TIM finally completely stopped updating, and even the server shut down, prohibiting all users from logging in and using.
Of course, the current TIM has not reached the end of maintenance, and the last update was in early December.
On the contrary, the other two little brothers - QQ light chat version and Speed version, which has now reached the point that the official dislikes...
A few days ago, Blue Dot Network reported that Tencent came here and asked the website to remove the QQ speed version and Light Chat version.
The purpose of this move is very obvious. The official does not want third-party websites to spread these two versions of QQ again.
Source: Blue Dot Network
How to say it? Xiao Lei can understand this wave of operations.
After all, a long time ago, the light chat version made a decision and prohibited all users from logging in.
A prompt of " The current version is too low ", which makes users who like conciseness helpless and are forced to upgrade the latest version of QQ to use.
Source: Blue Dot.com
Later, QQ light chat version was not abandoned, but was renamed the Speed Edition.
Users thought this was a good start, but who would have thought that what followed was bad news...
First of all, in 2021, the QQ Speed Edition was officially announced to be suspended, and no new functions were available in the future.
Source: Network
Time is coming in 2022, and Tencent has taken action again, hoping to clear out the QQ light chat version/speed version installation package provided by major third-party websites.
When Xiao Lei wrote this, he also tried to log in to the QQ Speed Edition and found that he could not log in.
The good news is that Tencent still has a hole at present.
If you logged in to the QQ Speed Edition a long time ago and have not logged out of your account yet, it can still be used normally.
Source: Mobile screenshot
But no one can tell the future situation. The domestic App ecosystem is changing with each passing day, and 64-bit Apps are ushering in a wave of promotion.
These two elderly people who have not yet adapted to the 64-bit architecture may be completely carried away at any time.
Tencent requested to be removed from the shelves, which is also a full hint that we can only use and cherish.
peripheral functions have been stopped successively
htm0 The refreshing and ad-free QQ light chat version and the fast version have been abandoned, which is a loss for many users.
But it has to be admitted that Tencent has many peripheral functions of products and has fallen into a situation where no one cares about it. Keeping
is like spending money in vain. Letting these functions be decently removed from the shelves should be the best result.
is first Tencent Computer Manager . From October 1 this year, the QQ level acceleration function has been offline.
Source: Weibo @sssscliu
Younger friends may not understand how popular this function was back then.
In the traditional Internet era, the level of QQ level is directly linked to the user's face.
When students communicate with each other, they will definitely talk about their respective QQ levels.
People with crown levels will be highly respected in the class, while those with only a few stars in the QQ level are destined to find it difficult to raise their heads.
Source: Network
There is no shortcut to improving QQ level. In the early stage, you can only recharge a QQ member and get the level hang-up acceleration.
Later, in order to promote computer managers, Tencent added a QQ-level free acceleration function to the computer managers. The promotion effect of
is obvious, and Tencent Computer Manager was quickly installed on the computers of the majority of users.
This was the case back then. As long as you can speed up the QQ level, what's the point of installing a software?
Now this function has been removed from the shelves, and the reason is also very simple.
First, a large number of QQ users turn to WeChat , and the level of QQ is no longer important.
Secondly, Tencent Computer Manager's demand for "level acceleration" has been greatly reduced. Anyway, the promotion task has been completed, and it is time to withdraw from the stage.
Another QQ-related function that has been shut down is also familiar to everyone, SMS to open a membership.
At that time, the SMS membership was launched, and there were many imperfections, so many card dealers developed the "jamming" method.
can handle unlimited QQ members by taking advantage of the delay in deduction of SMS.
The specific gameplay is like this: the card dealer has stocked up a bunch of mobile phone cards and throws them away after swiping. If you are lucky, QQ members can be kept for several years.
But recently many people have found that all the members they use text messages to swipe are dropped.
is actually because Tencent recently turned off the service of "SMS to enable paid services".
After all, users now have less demand for QQ members and various diamonds, and online payment channels are also richer. The traditional method of opening a business with a SMS fee is insignificant.
In addition to the above functions, Tencent has also shut down this year, including QQ Security Center , Tencent Game Manager and Tencent WiFi Manager.
Even some games that have been operating for many years have fallen one after another this year, including the "QQ Hall " that we are very familiar with.
Source: QQtang
or "reduce costs and increase efficiency"
In fact, Tencent has been shut down for so many years and has really lost products and services.
QQ Home, Super QQ, Group Email, QQ Pet, QQ Tornado, 3gQQ...
To be honest, Xiao Lei, as an old user of Tencent, feels quite complicated when he sees so many old products leaving the market lonely.
However, some products and services really cannot keep up with the trend of the times, and there is no reasonable profit model, so it is understandable that they are cut off by commercial companies.
is still the brother of QQ, the Speed Edition and TIM.
Since QQ launched the [Simple Mode], it has been able to meet the needs of many minimalist parties. At this time, the existence of the Speed Edition seems very embarrassing.
The TIM next door is similar. Tencent already has a higher priority enterprise WeChat, so various resources will naturally no longer be inclined to TIM.
We can also call this practice "reduce costs and increase efficiency", which is essentially cutting off products that do not make money and overlap in business.
In the era of Internet incremental growth, big manufacturers invested everywhere and could produce a new product in two days. What is the situation now in
? But when the Internet is over, one or two products with the same positioning are left behind. Concentrating resources and development is the right way.
