RIP Skype

#1

Post by vitto_gioda » Tue, May 06, 2025, 8:46 AM UTC

RIP Skype
microsoft.com

Re: RIP Skype

#2

Post by cranberryturkey » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:02 AM UTC

I interviewed at skype after paypal acquired them and then spun them off again. It was a cool p2p app, then microsoft took it over and made it centralized.

Re: RIP Skype

#3

Post by AStonesThrow » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:04 AM UTC

cranberryturkey wrote: post #2

I interviewed at skype after paypal acquired them and then spun them off again. It was a cool p2p app, then microsoft took it over and made it centralized.

> It was a cool p2p app

Indeed, I shall certainly miss the low-grade flood of spammers and scammers who slid into my DMs over the decades I wasn't using my Skype profile for anything at all.

Re: RIP Skype

#4

Post by dewey » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:21 AM UTC

AStonesThrow wrote: post #3

cranberryturkey wrote: post #2

I interviewed at skype after paypal acquired them and then spun them off again. It was a cool p2p app, then microsoft took it over and made it centralized.

> It was a cool p2p app Indeed, I shall certainly miss the low-grade flood of spammers and scammers who slid into my DMs over the decades I wasn't using my Skype profile for anything at all.

Definitely a Skype problem, spamming definitely wouldn't happen on any other service.

Re: RIP Skype

#5

Post by internet_points » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:23 AM UTC

Let's hope Teams is next in line

Re: RIP Skype

#6

Post by bluenose69 » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:24 AM UTC

I haven't given Skype a thought in years. I wish I could say the same for Teams, that thing that administrators seem to love and users seem to hate.

Re: RIP Skype

#7

Post by relistan » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:33 AM UTC

Seems hard to believe that no one would have bought this brand at least.

Re: RIP Skype

#8

Post by qsort » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:33 AM UTC

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Re: RIP Skype

#9

Post by flynumber » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:41 AM UTC

Microsoft really dropped the ball with Skype during Covid..

At FlyNumber we saw the decline early, we used to be able to point DID phone numbers directly to Skype accounts - it was great, of course Microsoft killed that around the time of their acquisition ... but why? All it did was force end-users to using SIP clients.

Re: RIP Skype

#10

Post by PicassoCTs » Tue, May 06, 2025, 9:46 AM UTC

cranberryturkey wrote: post #2

I interviewed at skype after paypal acquired them and then spun them off again. It was a cool p2p app, then microsoft took it over and made it centralized.

Its funny in a way, all that money, but because the paradigm of the organization has to be enforced into the tech, those fingers can not hold this chalice.