CMW, the developers of BBM, have announced that BBM for consumers will shutdown on May 31 2019.
Source:
https://blog.bbm.com/2019/04/18/time-to-say-goodbye-english-version/
Being I am a also a Ambassador on the CB forums and a old Blackberry user myself, I have been using BBM for years. I have been active in three groups that have been going strong for almost 6 years.
We should have seen it coming when they sold the consumer rights to emtek. But as other folks have stated, with the rise of so many other services such as WhatsApp, iMessage, FB messenger, Telegram and a few others. I knew it wouldn’t be long before their demise was imminent.
But, that’s the price we pay for technology and it’s time to move on. For myself and most everyone in my groups, we have moved to WhatsApp. It’s seems this service is used widely by folks overseas and we have many of those in our groups.
For BBM, it was great while it lasted and I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Blackberry brand.