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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: 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.