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I too switched from Skype to Wire, but it has been a challenge to convince other people to move to Wire. It has further been frustrating that it almost seems l
by blunte 10y ago
I too switched from Skype to Wire, but it has been a challenge to convince other people to move to Wire. It has further been frustrating that it almost seems like the people running Wire have been trying to avoid marketing or letting people know that Wire exists.
That makes me wonder about their long term intentions (and if I'll lose credibility with my contacts that finally migrate to Wire just before wire vanishes or gets bought out by Facebook or Microsoft...)
- marksamman 10y agoI wouldn't say that they've avoided marketing, they're active on Twitter. I made the switch over a single day by sending a message to all my contacts informing them about it and then proceeded to delete all contacts from my list. The people I speak to regularly were quick to switch, others have switched over the months. I still have to use Skype from time to time for conference calls with certain people, but I avoid it as much as I can and don't consider any conversation I have on Skype as private. Wire has also open-sourced their clients and a lot of components, so even if they were to vanish as a company, all work is not lost.