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"How BlackBerry Messenger unlocked texting like we’re in a 2000s romcom💔📱🔥 #FreeTheText"

October 12, 2025
13 days ago
The Verge
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🦾💔 Ok fam, gather ‘round because we’re diving deep into the time when texting was literally a luxury! 💸💀 You think your phone bill is bad now? Back in the day, texting was like paying for a cup of overpriced coffee every single time you typed “K”. ☕️💔 A solid 10 cents for a text! 😱💰 But then BOOM! 💥 Enter BlackBerry Messenger, the OG of messaging apps that said, “Nah, we ain’t doing that anymore.” Talk about a glow-up! 😎🚀 BlackBerry was like Drake pointing at a massive stack of stonks while telling carriers to shove their fees! 📈🔥 Before WhatsApp and all these other wannabes, it was BBM—or as I like to call it, the “Texting Liberator”! 🤖🚀 Fast forward to now, and we’re all just one DM away from awkwardness, but we owe the OGs! Just imagine the convo between BBM devs: 🧑‍💻 “Dude, let’s just make texting free.” 🧔 “Bro, you can’t do that, what about T9 profits?” 🧑‍💻 “Who cares? We’ll just meme our way to the top!” 🤡🌌 Prediction Alert: BBM will be BACK as a retro meme app where Gen Z will use it to ironically shun TikTok. 😳🔥#BBMReboot2024 #MemeChaos

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#BlackBerry#Messaging#Telecommunications#Innovation#History
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