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Skype was shut down for good today (www.washingtonpost.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Huh?
I thought Skype was still a widely used thing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I haven't heard of anyone using Skype in over a decade.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

For us plebs. Government (US) will still use it for years to come.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Immigration Canada wanted proof of my wife and I's relationship, so we dumped a packet of printed call logs on them as thick as a novel. Skype certainly served its purpose.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

I never really used Skype as a VOIP platform, but it was a great tool for many years for calling international phone numbers affordably. I'm sure it helped many people saving a lot of money calling their friends and relatives. For that I remember it somewhat fondly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Not really. It’s just called “Teams” now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I actually had a Skype phone back in the days

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Skype you later!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And nothing of continued/existing value was lost... 🤷‍♂️ 🙄

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

IMO Skype to this day has the best emojis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Still working as of 4 hours ago, saw my friend using it, might be business version though.

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