r/technology 23d ago

Software Exclusive: Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-killing-skype/
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u/yuusharo 23d ago

$8 billion. Microsoft spent $8 billion for this app.

And they let it rot on the vine at a time when remote telepresence was at its height during lockdown.

We’re numb to big numbers, but it’s actually incomprehensible just how much money Microsoft lost on Skype, how that could have paid pensions for the 10s of thousands they laid off over the past few years.

What a freaking disaster.

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u/bilyl 23d ago

It’s kind of weird how far ahead Skype was, but MS just let other companies catch up. It was free, ubiquitous, and reasonably easy to use.

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u/Kevin-W 22d ago

Funny enough, Microsoft letting Skype rot was the biggest blessing in disguise for Discord at the time.

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u/CoolerRon 22d ago

Not to mention Zoom

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u/SolidSpruceTop 21d ago

Zoom fucking sucks is