Skype stopped functioning. The client software doesn’t run anymore, within the next few months the users will still be able to download the archives of their chats. It was the first really widespread videotelephony service in the Internet, and it remained the most popular for many years despite the rival services. I began using it in 2011 when my university friend had to emigrate to the United States. Even in recent months I had more contacts in Skype than in Telegram. Since Microsoft bought Skype, it began getting worse and losing its popularity (and yes, it’s one of the reasons why I don’t like Microsoft), so finally they just decided to destroy it as a dead-end project in favour of Microsoft Teams (which was developed for quite different purposes however).
What can I say about this? My respect to the programmers that developed Skype—for the revolution in technologies, and my thanks to them—for the years of successful usage of their software. Microsoft Teams…well, I’m afraid it’s not my cup of tea. Anyway, the Internet has changed a lot in recent years, so there are not so few VoIP services today. I prefer Telegram, at least now. Let’s stay in touch 🙂