It’s finally happening. You know that venerable old videoconferencing system Microsoft has produced for years? You know the one that changed the world of video chat. No? The one EVERYONE used to use… right up until the point that the world went to shit and everyone needed to video call people? No not Zoom… Skype! Yes Skype, the underappreciated grand master of video calling. Well not for much longer…
As reported by ARS Technica skype is going to be put to sleep on 5th May after 21 years serving the VPC (Virtual Pub Community). Sad times.
It seems like we are going to be able to move to teams with personal accounts, which is nice, but what are we going to do without the incessant ‘tech titting’ or the random interjections of an animated prawn? I’ve tried it and I can sign in to Teams with my outlook.com account, although it hasn’t brought across any of the old chats, which the article suggested it should.
It truly will be the end of an era. How do you feel about the death of an icon (even if it is a pretty crappy one)?
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I feel like I should check to see whether my Skype account still has £10 of credit that I loaded on several decades ago when it appeared to offer a cheap way to call actual phone lines. I never used it for that and I’m not sure I ever got my £10 back.
It had to end. I mean it doesn’t sound like a communications device, it sounds like a type of yoghurt. Maybe that one with the weird name, flange or something, started sending threatening letters.
If Microsoft no longer need the name “Skype” then maybe you could buy it off them and start your own yogurt business. What flavour would Skype be? And would it have fruity bits in it?
Kev was talking about setting up his own communications empire so it’s only a matter of time before Plunge (or whatever he calls it) merges with Skyr to bring talking yoghurt to everyone.
I hope it has mango bits in it.
Ooh, that sounds nice. And maybe some nice mango jam at the bottom that you can stir in.
I think you should also sell Skype cereal bars that have a yogurty topping.
This is all great stuff. Why isn’t he posting about his yoghurt empire? There’s all this news we need to know about.