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On May 5, Microsoft’s Skype will shut down for good (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 day ago by QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to c/technology

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Understandable choice, given that Skype is pretty much redundant with Teams. Back in 2004-2005 Skype was really hyped because of free voice calls through the Internet, but few days later several other messaging apps incorporated that feature; Skype's thunder was stolen. Also its inconsistent branding was a problem: there was Skype for Business that later became Lync, ultimately becoming Teams. Skype kind of became forgotten and obsolete.

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[–] Powderhorn 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, the Google approach.

[–] ByteSorcerer 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It was successfull for a while up to 10 years or so ago, when it was the main free option for video calling. But nowadays there are plenty of alternatives, pretty much all of which do a better job than Skype ever did.

Skype has now been pretty much obsolete for years so I don't think it's too bad that it's ending.

The Google approach would have been to already have killed it in 2004 before it ever even had a chance to be successful.

[–] Powderhorn 2 points 7 hours ago

MS would have had no chance to kill it before buying it. Now, if Meta could just start killing products, the world would be a better place.