Other similar implementations were either DMCA'd off of various platforms or had their domains seized by lawyers, their legal actions go back a few years already
I suppose the emoji version survives because it doesn't infringe on their word list or patent, which specifically is for "words"
It seems to use Newegg and Amazon as sources. A common trick is to just leave an item at high price when you don't have it in stock so no one would buy it. If someone did buy your item at that price you could cancel the transaction or go out of your way to get hold of the item.
So I guess at that point they were the only ones with the item "in stock".
I've been using the (old) Meebo Messenger for years. I've never had the impression that they cared about its users a lot. There were no updates on the user interface since I began using it, they didn't add features that were highly requested on the feedback forums.
The toolbar thing is just... I don't know what that is. Looks useless to me.
Another thing, are there any good other web based multi messengers? I guess they will shut this down soon then?
I suppose the emoji version survives because it doesn't infringe on their word list or patent, which specifically is for "words"