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Talking with non-technical family members was hard in 2007. Partly this was because the most portable solution was a big chunky laptop and most people didn't ev
by blowski 9y ago
Talking with non-technical family members was hard in 2007. Partly this was because the most portable solution was a big chunky laptop and most people didn't even have that. But we can't totally separate the mobile computing devices that have appeared since then from the apps installed on them. I'd love a world where open source protocols and clients dominated, but it wasn't quite the utopia you remember.
- frozenport 9y agoSkype
- posguy 9y agoTotal PITA to use, didn't work well on even decently spec'ed machines at the time, and required extra hardware that was of varying quality.
- tinus_hn 9y agoAnd that's before Microsoft sprinkled their 'special sauce' on it. Now it's even worse.
- sumedh 9y agoWell, my mother can use watsapp, she could not use skype even with patient handholding.