Say goodbye to Skype when Microsoft moves into the platform of the video messaging platform for the video -messaging

“We are gathered here today to mourn the death of a popular friend who took us cruel at the tender age of 21 and was reduced by an unknown quilted in the heyday …”

I talk about SkypePossibly the most popular video messaging service when it started. Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis, developed in 2003 by Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis, was soon recorded by Ebay before it was sold to risk capital and a Canadian pension fund. Finally Skype went into the hands of in 2001 Microsoft For $ 8.5 billion as a replacement for Windows Live Messenger.

Now Skype has been put to sleep by Microsoft. Over the years, Skype was responsible for a massive increase in long -distance communication. It ended the days of these anxious and terribly expensive international calls in relation to the often poor lines with unacceptable delays and static than a nylon t-shirt in a thunderstorm.

Skype made it possible for us to clearly see and hear our loved ones, no matter where they were. Skype was the adhesive, which gave some long -distance from. Skype was the adhesive that kept us in contact with older parents who lived on the other side of the planet. Skype was often the first time that a newborn was shown to his grandparents far away. Skype was often there to say goodbye to many international business processes.

Since Skype there have been many competitors such as Facebook Messenger, Apple's Facetime, Metas Whatsapp and Viber. Although WhatsApp has achieved great success, especially with SMS messages, only a few of these video calls apps are just as easy to use as Skype. Why was it so cruel by us?

The answer is Microsoft teams. The software giant says that she wants to “focus on Microsoft teams” and optimize its “free consumer communication offers”. Although the teams were in development for a long time, it was tested in the heat of pandemic and found many people who had to use them and recognized their shortcomings.

Despite gradual changes, teams have the elegance and user -friendliness of a drunk giraffe. It can be unwieldy and has an interface that looks as if it had been designed by an accountant. Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration, but talk to everyone who uses regular teams and you won't hear much love for the software and your layout. It is only chunky and uncomfortable to navigate.

I have tried to love Microsoft teams over the years, but it seems to me to make it increasingly difficult. Whether it is as my password routinely rejects or does it as if it has no subscription, it always seems to be wrong against me. Every time I get an invitation to join a team meeting, usually from a large company, my heart sinks. I never know if it will work and I have to spend so much time with devices that are always so difficult to find.

Until his closure, I used Skype daily to chat with my older brother, who lives 1o0 miles away. Regardless of whether he worked at his desk or went for a walk with his phone, it was easy to sky him and chat for a few minutes or an hour. It was just so easy to use and felt like a comfortable old couple slippers. Teams do not notify that live calls on my Mac Mini as well as Skype, no matter how much I work with notifications.

In contrast, Zoom seems to use a little easier and usually seems to work without any problems, although zoom calls are only limited, unless they take out a subscription while Skype never went to speak. At Skype it was easy to call someone without the palaver to set up meetings and schedules.

Why was the plug pulled to Skype? Undoubtedly, Microsoft wants to breathe life into the body of the teams and force more of us to take a subscription to access to his “advanced functions” wherever they can hide. Perhaps Microsoft hopes that more people lose a subscription to an office or whatever it is called this week. Maybe Skype was just too much competition for teams.

Whatever the real reason for Microsoft is to pull the plug for Skype, unfortunately many of us miss it. As long as it was there, people refused to hike in teams. Microsoft had to give its users a huge impetus and save costs for the execution of two platforms. And to be fair, it was a largely free service so that we cannot complain. I think the decision will backfire because more people switch from Skype to WhatsApp, which is easier to use than teams. One thing is certain that Microsoft team will probably never be as popular as Skype. Rest in peace, old friend.