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What on earth happened to Skype? Over a decade of head start, why wasn't it completely untouchable when COVID-19 came along? Another thought. Last year at the
by rm445 6y ago
What on earth happened to Skype? Over a decade of head start, why wasn't it completely untouchable when COVID-19 came along?
Another thought. Last year at the peak of Fortnite hype, when top DJs were hosting parties live in game etc, there was talk that the next big thing in communications might be everyone hanging out in games, Fortnite or whatever came next. I do think that lots of young people are meeting friends in games, but it hasn't had the enormous breakthrough in culture that Zoom has. We can probably retire our expectations of some kind of Metaverse for a few more years.
- stevewodil 6y ago>What on earth happened to Skype? Microsoft happened
- umeshunni 6y agoeBay happened, then Microsoft happened.
- buboard 6y agoSecond life has been hosting virtual concerts for 15 years. They have apparently seen a huge spike in signups during covid , that they ran out of virtual land to sell
- cryptoz 6y agoSkype did a lot wrong, for sure. But something worth mentioning, In 2004-2006 my ISP in Canada illegally "intentionally degraded the quality and reliability of Skype calls" to convince customers that Skype sucked and that we should buy/use their video/call software. It worked, in one sense. I have hated Skype ever since because it was absolutely the worst, and never trusted it to work. I do know that wasn't their fault but still won't use them. They also seem to have super bad security, IMO.
- remir 6y agoMicrosoft, weirdly, didn't know what to do with Skype. For a company focused on productivity, that's a little strange.
- anoraca 6y agoMicrosoft Teams is the evolved version and it works just fine. The video quality is better than Zoom IMO.