> Skype works the same as it always has for me and I pay them nothing. I used to pay them for a monthly subscription so that I could use skype phone hardware t

> Skype works the same as it always has for me and I pay them nothing. I used to pay them for a monthly subscription so that I could use skype phone hardware to maintain a -sort of- VOIP variant and be easy to reach, even while on the road. About two years ago, all of my phone hardware started to fail. Those phones are now collecting dust and I replaced them with proper VOIP hardware. Yes I should have done that before, but skype DID work great for this in the past. If somebody calls me now on that line and my computer is off or suspended, I will never know as the call does not get registered. Besides that I might have turned down the volume on my computer for whatever reason and still miss the call. Then there's the electron muckup which is really bad, removed a bunch of features and configuration options, is super laggy and uses a lot of resources. Also the move from P2P to using microsoft servers is not exactly a security improvement. Skype is a mess and I'm glad I moved away from it for any serious usage.