AIM was never really used here, everyone used MSN before eventually moving to Facebook. So I can't say I'll miss it.
From what I heard, you don't even need a custom server for WLM. Since Windows Live is still alive, it was just merged with Skype, there's a way to patch WLM to work after the merge and still use the official servers. At least that's what I heard.
True. But MSN/WLM actually had some features that even modern clients are missing, like account-wide custom smileys (Discord has it but only if you pay, so that doesn't really count) and nudges. Nudges might be annoying but sometimes I wish they still existed so I could get the attention of a friend if they're not responding because they're watching videos or something.
Nudges...
OH GOD NO!
FUCK NO!
I fucking hated those fucking things.
I have always turned of all sound notifications on every IM application I have.
Me phone is in vibrate 24/7
Windows sounds/IM sounds on me lappy are off 24/7
Back on the MSN days, nudges where disabled, winks where disabled, smileys where disabled.
Fuck those stupid things.