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by makeitdouble 552 days ago
They integrated with Live accounts. It was around 2017 I think, so with a slight delay and migration period we're looking at the same timeline.

Moving from "legacy" account to microsoft accounts was a huge PITA, a lot of related other changes also degraded the experience (they basically migrated the whole platform). It became overnight a true enterprise software that would only be used if someone told you to do so.

I still use it as a backup because apps like whatsapp or line are also a PITA to use on desktop, but I get why people flew from it.