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The death of Skype 7 (or Skype classic) has been delayed, following "customer feedback", according to Microsoft.
Microsoft originally announced on July 16 that classic Skype would be discontinued on Sept. 1, 2018 and encouraged users to upgrade to version 8.0. After many lamented the "upgrade" and clogged up the comments on the original discontinuation blog post, Microsoft have decided to continue supporting Skype 7 for "some time".
The message that was left on the original post, as reported by Microsoft blog Thurrott, was simple: "Thanks for all your comments - we are listening." A Microsoft spokesperson told CNET they have nothing more to share beyond the blog post at this time.
[...] It appears, for now, that Skype classic will continue being supported -- at least until Microsoft can transplant much-loved features to its updated version.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 09 2018, @12:42PM (3 children)
Well I'll be damned. Listening to customers is somewhat unusual for any big tech company and downright unheard of from Microsoft.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @01:39PM
That's not true. They hear, record and pass it on to the government and advertisers all the time. Why do you think they needed the new APIs in the first place? They make hooking up an AI to skype for running bots and surveillance AIs all the easier.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @04:29PM (1 child)
This was probably in response to the NSA's concerns that people would abandoned Sype. Gotta keep some people happy all the time.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:49PM
Was gonna say the same thing, they want to retain their customers so as usual just a selfish move by M$ et all.