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The native (they called it "Classic" on the download page) is no longer available for download. I found this out the hard way.
by stephenr 8y ago
The native (they called it "Classic" on the download page) is no longer available for download. I found this out the hard way.
- nasredin 8y ago>>>I found this out the hard way. Lesson learned. Stallman up and stop relying on proprietary systems that spy on you and cooperate with murderous regimes.
- stephenr 8y agoBeing proprietary had nothing to do with it. They made a technical decision to shelve/bin their native desktop app code, in favour of Electron. There are 5K public repos on GitHub alone that match a search for "Electron" are they all spying on me and cooperating with murderous regimes?
- v_lisivka 8y agoGnome3 made technical decision to use JavaScript, but users revolted and forked Gnome2 written in C (now: Mate). Gnome is free software, while Skype is proprietary. Skype users have no right to revolt.