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Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast) Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with…

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Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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Skype's pretty much the worst thing ever anyway

Really, I don't get why people care about it. It's closed source, shady, loaded with spam bots and the company treats customers terribly.

Network effect. All my friends and family use Skype and Facebook. It's difficult to avoid using them when people have picked them as their sole method of communication.

Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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post #20

A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast) Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with…

I know you want a service, and this is a product, but I'll mention it anyway: https://jitsi.org/

Not sure how integration would work.

Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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Hello, Google Hangouts!

Did anyone mention closed source? They just retired their XMPP interface... If there is any way to go, it's not something that is almost equally closed source.

Also Google+ and anything related has about the same reputation as Nokia in the Netherlands. I don't know how it is in the US, but here I'm quite sure I can't even find a single friend willing to use that service.

Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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Anyone know if you can still use an older client to use the api? I guess if you can it's just a waiting game till the client becomes unsupported.

I just got a forced update with no way to cancel. But I haven't gone to OldApps to see how far back to go so that A) forced updates don't happen and B) the API and apps still work reliably. Don't know which version at which those two criteria are satisfied.

> I just got a forced update

Heh, Linux baby ;)

Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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Yet another example of what happens when you depend upon proprietary software. The developers that are upset should have known better.

It's a little ridiculous to assert that no one should rely on proprietary software. Are all the folks writing Windows applications or PlayStation games idiots? A cautious approach toward relying on an API that's not central to another company's business is the key.

Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast) Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with…

At vLine, we provide a WebRTC-based cloud solution: https://vline.com. We're still working on some of the features you mentioned (recording), but would be happy to chat with them to see what we can do.

Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API

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A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast) Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with…

I know you want a service, and this is a product, but I'll mention it anyway: https://jitsi.org/ Not sure how integration would work.

I can highly recommend Jitsi over Skype. Jitsi also is snooping free and recommended for Video conferencing & VoIP on https://prism-break.org/
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