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Consumer Skype isn't just awful for calling, it's also awful as even a basic chat client now. Recent mobile updates have made it much, much harder to use and be
by ivraatiems 8y ago
Consumer Skype isn't just awful for calling, it's also awful as even a basic chat client now. Recent mobile updates have made it much, much harder to use and began prioritizing a SnapChat-style "stories" feature that nobody asked for or wanted, because there's already an app for that called SnapChat.
I switched from Skype to Discord, as did pretty much everyone I know. It has all the same features Skype used to have - good-quality audio and video chat, friends lists, private messaging - with the added benefit of no ads and a server system for congregating with large groups. It also has more and better third-party integrations, and good feature parity between apps/web client/desktop client.
I'm sure at some point Discord will get bought out, and then slowly ruined, as Skype was, but at that point I suppose we'll all just jump ship again to whatever the next thing is.
I haven't used business Skype, but have never heard a word of praise for it.
- kalleboo 8y agoI've seen a lot of bizarre app pivots in my day, but the VoIP-to-Snapchat clone pivot is by far the strangest. There is no planet on which it makes sense. We also switched to Discord, which is kind of crazy if you think of it. An app for gamers working better for work than a Microsoft VoIP app.
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- trophycase 8y agoYeah the mobile client was the final nail in the coffin that made me switch to Discord. I would constantly be refreshing conversations and messages wouldn't show up.
- detritus 8y agoI recently moved onto Discord from Skype to keep in contact with a couple of people I work with. It's ok, but has some really irritating quirks, from updating too frequently, with a fiddly-to-hide loading screen that likes to sit on top of all my other windows, to locking out the scrollbar on my browser intermittently (!) to the most egregious of all (for me): not allowing me to copy and paste text from Adobe Illustrator as, I guess, it doesn't know how to trim all the formatting and just give me the raw text. Given this last point is much of what I use IM for (confirming copy with partners, etc), it's highly infuriating. I think I'm going to be looking for another IM app again soon... .
- laurent123456 8y agoDid you try Shift+Ctrl+V to paste the text without formatting?
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- detritus 8y agoThank you, Laurent123456 - that worked a treat!