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I will say, the way the article is worded, you could take from it that Skype might be trying to parse your active conversation to offer up contextually relevant

I will say, the way the article is worded, you could take from it that Skype might be trying to parse your active conversation to offer up contextually relevant ads, which to some people would be incredibly invasive, not to mention prone to displaying insensitive ads... Imagine a grieving mother talking about the recent loss of her son, and the ads being offered up are for childrens' clothes or child friendly activities. Over all though, it's just one more spot they're putting ads on. By now, this is nothing new.

jalcine 14y ago
It isn't new, but it's beyond annoying and beyond intrusion. Personally, if I had the servers for it, I'd provide a platform based on XMPP using it (though I haven't tested out XMPP's strengths).
- manuscreationis 14y ago
  I guess my only rebuttal, not to be "that guy", is to remind you it's a free service, and you are in no way compelled to use it. There are alternatives, regardless of how widespread or popular they are, and you're free to use (or not use) any or all of them. That said, I definitely won't be happy to see Ads popping up in Skype, but I use it so infrequently, it barely impacts me. Additionally, I'd avoid throwing around grandiose statements about how benevolent you'd be if you had the resources for it. We'd all be out saving the world if time/resources/etc weren't an issue.