Tech content creators and news sites have recently dug into an Insider build of Skype’s files, to find a string of text which reads as follows:
“Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available. By logging into Microsoft Teams with your Skype account, your chats and contacts will appear in the app so you can pick up where you left off. Alternatively, you can export your Skype data”
This message comes as no surprise to those who saw the writing on the walls before this, especially since people had already jumped over to other platforms, such as Zoom, Discord, and even Microsoft’s own-brand Microsoft Teams.
I myself have fond memories of contacting friends and family with Skype, especially during the pandemic before I got Zoom.
Farewell, Skype. You will always live on in the hearts and minds of those that used it.
2003 - 2025
Another piece of technology born in Europe, bought by Americans and killed.
Americans were originally born in Europe (the non genocided natives), just saying…
Except for the slaves.
True true.
So either you are saying:
It’s all Europe fault!
OR
It’s a shame Americans aren’t a piece of technology that could be ruined
I mean, the people going to america have a shorter live span and no healthcare that really helps that well
Skype was over when they made it an Electron app back in 2016 or so. This is merely the funeral.
It seems that they are also doing the same to their Outlook app
Serves it right! :D
Exactly, even moreso that Microsoft butchered it
Kinda makes sense. Microsoft Teams fills the same space and Skype hasn’t been P2P for a long time. Other than the brand, there’s nothing really left of Skype anyway to turn off.
I don’t use Skype for business, I use it for the video calls and for the ability to have international VOIP numbers that I can ring from/to, and send texts and stuff.
Not sure what service I’ll migrate to once this is gone, I guess I’ll lose my numbers too :-(
Microsoft spent 8.5 billion dollars to acquire Skype in 2011.
Yet they decided to only focus on making the main UI better and not improving the video quality
Well, at least the Skype ringtone will live on forever in my head with Leeroy Jenkins.
Good riddance
