RIP Skype. Wow, it's the end of an era. Microsoft tried many things with Skype in the last 10 years (remember when it was an SMS relay for phones?), but it never stuck. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/mi... ☠️ - ThreadSky

danielrubino.com • 4 days ago

RIP Skype.

Wow, it's the end of an era. Microsoft tried many things with Skype in the last 10 years (remember when it was an SMS relay for phones?), but it never stuck. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-is-reportedly-killing-skype-after-14-years-of-neglect ☠️

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danielrubino.com•3 days ago

Let me cut to the conclusion of this "strategy:" No one, absolutely no one, is going to switch to f'in Microsoft Teams who's a straight-up consumer.

These people are delusional.

I have no idea what you can do about Skype, but this won't help Teams (non-enterprise).

danielrubino.com•3 days ago

What's weird, and we've been arguing for years at Windows Central, is that Microsoft has also squandered the potential for GroupMe, which it acquired when it bought Skype.

Such a fun, traditional messaging app: https://www.windowscentral.com/groupme-new-features-voice-video-calls

danielrubino.com•3 days ago

Idea: Integrate GroupMe into Windows 11. Tie it automatically to your MS Account, and make it like MSN Messenger, which we all used to love.

Bring back the shake/nudge feature.

But, noooo ... it pushed Skype and now Teams even though younger people (college) use GroupMe.

abinbiju.com•3 days ago

No. Tying Skype to Microsoft Account was the biggest mistake. Other than the removal of Skype Names and the 2018 Redesign.

They should migrate the Teams(Free) and Skype users to GroupMe. Then rename GroupMe as Skype.

People need a separate app for personal communications.

abinbiju.com•3 days ago

Imagine telling a friend to add me on Teams(Free). When they search it up - they get info on Team Business.
Why would a friend invite you to a business application. It feels so uncool.

Teams is Teams. There is no place for that in the hearts of consumers.

MSFT never learns.

danielrubino.com•23 hours ago

"Tying Skype to Microsoft Account was the biggest mistake. "

Maybe. This is the standard these days. Google Meet, Google Chat, Apple ... well, anything, require those Google/Apple accounts.

I'm not sure it helped, but I don't think there's much evidence that these things hurt, either.

keyspymaster.bsky.social•3 days ago

Exactly! If the concern is the confusion surrounding Microsoft video/voice calling offerings, the solution is to get rid of the product causing the confusion, and that's Teams Consumer, not Skype.

keyspymaster.bsky.social•3 days ago

Someone at work suggested that the issue is the Skype brand, and like, maybe? But I don't think the Teams brand is that much better. If anything, since most people experience it almost exclusively as a work product, its reputation is probably worse than Skype's.

danielrubino.com•3 days ago

"the issue is the Skype brand"

While it may have some perception issues, it's also literally used as a verb, e.g., "I'll Skype you later on," the golden dream of some in marketing (although overuse can result in loss of that IP, aka "genericide")

And Teams is def not better or as well-known.

roman-d-mueller.ch•3 days ago

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