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Y’all forgot that the only reason we’re on Discord was because MS actively killed Skype. Skype was much better software circa 2012 before MS let vulnerabilities
by jimbob45 8mo ago
Y’all forgot that the only reason we’re on Discord was because MS actively killed Skype. Skype was much better software circa 2012 before MS let vulnerabilities run rampant, degraded the UI, and moved off the remarkably robust P2P calling system.
- morshu9001 8mo agoI never had a Skype call work properly on the first try, even before Microsoft broke it
- shaky-carrousel 8mo agoI too remember Skype's universal salute: "do you hear me?"
- direwolf20 8mo agoThat's known as the millennial pause. Older generations like millennials want to ensure a communication is working before committing information, while GenZ and Alpha just start talking. It's named after the pause after pressing the record button while you check it changes shape, but "can you hear me?" is the same thing.
- morshu9001 8mo agoI'm gen Z. You had to start Skype with "can you hear me" because the answer was usually no (via text). I now do that with phone calls because forced bluetooth has made headsets less reliable than before.
- 1718627440 8mo agoOn the contrary, older people properly announce themself on the phone, while younger people often don't answer at all, and let there be silence, until the other gives up, and asks who has picked up the phone.
- elboru 8mo agoI hear people saying that every day in Slack and Teams
- morshu9001 8mo agoTeams is broken too
- shaky-carrousel 8mo agoI must be a lucky one because calls always worked for me on teams. On the other hand, everything else is a dumpster fire.