cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat went wrong with Skype?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down17
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minus-squareLiome@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up130·1 month agoIt was bought by microsoft, that’s what went wrong.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agoMicrosoft is the EA of the Software world. It’s where companies and ideas go to die.
minus-squareNightwatch Admin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoGoogle: “Am I a joke to you??”
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoGoogle has a bigger graveyard, but it’s mostly their stuff. Microsoft and EA’s graveyards are full of those they acquired.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoYeah anyone who used Skype at the time immediately knew what went wrong
minus-squareamlor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoSure, but Skype was shit even before that. It had great potential though, could have become another whatsapp.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoI use both daily. It’s sad that Skype is more reliable and usable.
It was bought by microsoft, that’s what went wrong.
Microsoft is the EA of the Software world. It’s where companies and ideas go to die.
Google: “Am I a joke to you??”
Google has a bigger graveyard, but it’s mostly their stuff.
Microsoft and EA’s graveyards are full of those they acquired.
Yeah anyone who used Skype at the time immediately knew what went wrong
Exactly.
Sure, but Skype was shit even before that. It had great potential though, could have become another whatsapp.
I use both daily.
It’s sad that Skype is more reliable and usable.