Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May.

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Tea@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-killing-skype/

Skype is finally being shut down by Microsoft in May.

Users are encouraged to switch to using Teams for calls and chats.

Microsoft has been transitioning away from Skype towards Teams pretty much since Teams was introduced.

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JASN_DE@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I was more surprised that they kept Skype around that long.

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- Thassodar@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  They missed a huge window during COVID to be THE meeting tool/app by not adapting, and never recovered. Good riddance, I say.
  
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  - Tramort@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Adapt how? I don’t recall Skype being any more popular then vs now.
    
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whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I remember at one point a company i worked for had Lync messenger - M$‘s corporate messenger. Then, when they bought skype it went through a whole rebrand to Skype business, but the process still showed up as lync.exe in the task manager.

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- lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I suspect renaming the process itself was deemed an unnecessary risk, which I would agree with. Even if I agree that it looks stupid.
  
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Gloria@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Some nostalgia: Skype Ringtone

I’m instantly 20 years younger when I hear that sound.

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YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That’s gonna suck for CERN

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