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Skype Suddenly Blocks Customers Using OS X 10.5.x and Earlier

posted by n1 on Thursday August 07 2014, @12:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the finding-more-ways-to-lose-users dept.

kaszz writes:

On Aug 5, without previous warning, Skype locked out all Mac users running Leopard or earlier versions of OS-X. Those customers are given instructions to update, but following them does not solve the problem. The Skype Community Forum is currently swamped with complaints. A company representative active on the forum said "Unfortunately we don't currently have a build that OS X Leopard (10.5) users could use" but did not answer the question whether they intend to provide one or not. It seems Microsoft shows their true colors. But users may perhaps try Tox, ekiga, linphone, gnutelephony, Jitsi or other replacements.

In previous news Skype ditched ALSA for PulseAudio and it's vital for NSA.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by TK on Thursday August 07 2014, @04:54PM

    by TK (2760) on Thursday August 07 2014, @04:54PM (#78502)

    For the same reasons people use Facebook:

    • It does some service well*
    • It "just works"
    • All their friends are using it

    *Some would argue that it does it better than any other [soylentnews.org]

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday August 07 2014, @05:45PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday August 07 2014, @05:45PM (#78533) Journal

    "All their friends are using it" and employers, customer department, dates etc..