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!

20 comments

  1. I can understand. As I said in the other skype poast, I’m sad that I didn’t get to useing it in 2021. I probably shoudhave given my rant in this one about skype, I’m sorry I didn’t. Good bye, skype! It’s sad that you are dead.

  2. I haven’t used screen sharing in any program, not even in Zoom, so I wouldn’t know about that. It doesn’t surprise me that Teams is hard to use in that way.

  3. I totally agree. Teams is a nightmare. I can’t even figure out how to add a contact that should’ve been there in the first place. There weren’t many things I couldn’t do in Skype, and plenty I can’t do in Teams.

  4. I can symperthise. I felt the same way about the old MSN messenger. I did use skype for a while in my early 20s. It was fun at that time. Easy to use. But things come and go, sadly. And times change.

  5. Are you planning to export your Skype data? I’m planning to do mine soon and I’m planning to delete my Microsoft account. I’m not interested in teams yet.

  6. 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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