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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) by SomeGuy on Thursday August 09 2018, @06:55PM (1 child)
I am aware of plenty of people using Windows, but I have not heard of anyone actually using Skype in a long time.
Microsoft's support of Windows is indeed becoming quite wishy-washy. There have been plenty of stories about it here on soylentnews. It has become crystal clear recently that from now on Microsoft will at any point they choose arbitrarily end support for your computer hardware. They will add/remove whatever MAJOR features they feel like during any update at any time. Applications will break from any small random update or change (although they have been doing this one for a long time, the difference is now they honestly completely 100% don't give a shit). And you are no longer allowed to roll back "becuz securities!".
Time to look seriously look at alternatives, but people still use it.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday August 09 2018, @09:59PM
I've been off Windows since 1999 and haven't looked back...it's easier than you think unless you have niche software. Then I'd dual boot or virtual machine it.
Kill the monkey and don't look back.
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