I had to check, but Microsoft spent $8.5 billion to acquire Skype in 2011. All gone, replaced by Teams. *silent scream* www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-ki... - ThreadSky

mhwilliams.bsky.social • 13 hours ago

I had to check, but Microsoft spent $8.5 billion to acquire Skype in 2011.

All gone, replaced by Teams. *silent scream*

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-killing-skype/

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drunk-ukrainian.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Microsoft gives Alphabet a run for its money in the "killing interesting things" department.

paperandairplanes.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Oh shit!

punkygal.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I mean it's for att became ma Bell again.

mneko.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Oh shit. This is how I make phone calls. This could be bad.

denniswatson.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The catch and kill to eliminate Skype totally worked, but they didn’t account for other competitors. I use Zoom at work and Discord with friends. Zoom has a text function that lets work keep a message log as the regulations and regulators require. Thankfully we have alternatives to Teams.

blacksky.vip•10 hours ago

I’m certain the bones of Skype went into the making of Teams but yeah.. $8.5 billion is quite a bit of change.

csalem.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Don’t quote me, but I think Teams was a small app purchased by Microsoft, not an in-house build (at least initially)

blacksky.vip•9 hours ago

Here’s some evidence of the contrary.

pocky469.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I need to find a replacement so I can call my mom without spending stupid amounts of money. (She doesn’t have a smart phone and her laptop is for watching dramas on)

y444.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Go for one of those mobileVOIP providers for cheap international calls maybe?

dapanetearf.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Did they ever finally add push to talk? I remember that being one of the reasons I hated it.

wonkothesaneuk.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The old Microsoft motto still applies:-

Embrace
Extend
Extinguish

dashwallkick.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Skype could have eaten discord alive during covid if they were even slightly competent about it. Unreal.

lawrencebrenner.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Last time I used Skype was for some dubbing. Only reason I've really kept it.

Though we got me as a Ratlord from it.

nailsthetabaxi.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Teams: It's like Discord after a head injury!

Granted I'm not a fan of Discord either, bring back AIM you cowards.

lectronyx.page•10 hours ago

I stopped using Skype years ago. One of my best friends died of cancer, and never logged out... she was the only person I knew that still used Skype.

massoluk.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Really really wild what Microsoft DIDN'T do to Skype considering how apps like WeChat, Line, Kakao, WhatsApp are doing now

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