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Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
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Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#12I am not sure who this guy is, but he seems a little out of this world.
He serves an important purpose. He lays forth a philosophical framework for software freedom, and makes predictions that people don't take seriously and gives advice that nobody would ever practically follow. He also has this annoying habit of being right in the end. He represents an ideal we'll never reach, but we should always aim back toward.
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#13Another reason not to use Skype is that their support is pretty poor.
They've deleted Skype numbers from my account without warning. Someone linked my and my wife's account because we used them on the same PC, and refuse to unlink Skype and Microsoft accounts.
I'd love to find an alternative, but given that everybody already has Skype accounts the lock-in is pretty significant.
Don't much like the alternatives Stallman proposes. Using long distance phone calls seems worse than Skype, phone companies have provided governments with even more access to user data than most tech companies.
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#14Skype is owned by Microsoft. No worries it will die out eventually.
Microsoft has been around for almost 50 years, though. They must do something right?
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#15What is a good solution that allows dialing to pots? Google voice and what else?
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#16This is true of all IM that isn't based on open protocols and has mandatory end-to-end encryption. Which is why I use tox [0].
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#17Another reason not to use Skype is that their support is pretty poor. They've deleted Skype numbers from my account without warning. Someone linked my and my wife's account because we used them on the same PC, and refuse to unlink Skype and Microsoft accounts. I'd love to find an alternative, but given that everybody already has Skype accounts the lock-in is pretty significant. Don't much like the alternatives Stallm…
Stallman won't like it but Facebook Messenger has voice calling built in now and it works very well. I was calling someone in SE Asia from rural Massachusetts recently and the quality was great with very low latency. It felt like a natural conversation given the connectivity challenges on both ends.
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#18Another reason not to use Skype is that their support is pretty poor. They've deleted Skype numbers from my account without warning. Someone linked my and my wife's account because we used them on the same PC, and refuse to unlink Skype and Microsoft accounts. I'd love to find an alternative, but given that everybody already has Skype accounts the lock-in is pretty significant. Don't much like the alternatives Stallm…
Stallman won't like it but Facebook Messenger has voice calling built in now and it works very well. I was calling someone in SE Asia from rural Massachusetts recently and the quality was great with very low latency. It felt like a natural conversation given the connectivity challenges on both ends.
Interesting. I can't see myself using it for work though, which the majority of my Skype calls tend to be.
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#19Reason to use skype:
So your dead account doesn't get immediately compromised and you screw your friends over in the process as your account starts sending out malware-infested links.
glares at the seven or so users in his blocked list, users that jumped ship to Telegram and left their Skype accounts open to exploitation
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#20I am not sure who this guy is, but he seems a little out of this world.
RMS is a legend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman . Every one would be living in a little bit of a different world and all the computer tech guys would be living in a completely different world with out RMS.
"Every one would be living in a little bit of a different world and all the computer tech guys would be living in a completely different world with out RMS."
Someone else would've likely done the same thing sooner or later.