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[–] Liome@pawb.social 129 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It was bought by microsoft, that's what went wrong.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Microsoft is the EA of the Software world. It's where companies and ideas go to die.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google: “Am I a joke to you??”

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Google has a bigger graveyard, but it's mostly their stuff.

Microsoft and EA's graveyards are full of those they acquired.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 19 points 1 year ago

Yeah anyone who used Skype at the time immediately knew what went wrong

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] amlor@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but Skype was shit even before that. It had great potential though, could have become another whatsapp.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I use both daily.

It's sad that Skype is more reliable and usable.