My Eulogy to Skype

It seems most folks in the blind community, or in this community at least, are rejoicing the demise of Skype, but I’m definitely not in that camp.

A distant cousin of mine told me about Skype, and I thought, nah, why Skype? For quite awhile I didn’t do anything about her recommendation but at some point, I cant remember exactly what year, I did download Skype and I have memories, yeah, both good and bad, where Skype is concerned. To throw all that away, I just can’t imagine how Microsoft is doing this. I can’t imagine how so many folks are happy about it.

When I reflect on how many people I met through Skype, how many long, lovely chats, both voice and text, I had there, I’m actually tearing up a bit. So, this is me, not rejoicing, not happy at all, that Skype is dying. Thanks, Microsoft, for taking over such a beautiful program and trashing it, all the way. You did a beautiful job, … not at all!

5 comments

  1. I haven’t made or received any calls on Teams yet. I hope the call quality is good, not like Zoom, ugh! I’m still familiarizing myself with Teams’ interface.

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