Comment on On May 5, Microsoft’s Skype will shut down for good

Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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