Microsoft is reportedly killing Skype

[deebster@programming.dev]

I have a load of credit on there still (got tricked by them deactivating my credit and topped up unnecessarily). I still use it for international calls at least once a month, I hope this news story is overblown.

[tankplanker@lemmy.world]

It also cobbled in groups from Exchange, and the Collab site from SharePoint. Its pretty much three raccoons in a trench-coat.

[Guest]

I still use it to make international calls to family (it's my only use case for it). Does anyone know of a good replacement (preferably FOSS) that allows calling on landlines (yup, old people still use them)?

[andallthat@lemmy.world]

Not FOSS but you can check Google Voice and see if the pricing for the country you need to call is convenient

[veeesix@lemmy.ca]

Thank goodness! My parents refuse to move the group chat to anything else.

[kautau@lemmy.world]

Well, they’re doing what they already have been and absorbing it into teams. Teams video chat is littered with the bits of leftover Skype tech references, they’re just making sure it’s an enterprise product they can bill monthly for instead of a free consumer product

[pycorax@lemmy.world]

Do your credits still exist? I was under the impression that they phased out the credit system.

[jol@discuss.tchncs.de]

Around these parts in the 2000s, MSN Messenger was what literally everyone used. Then Microsoft bought Skype and decided to shut down MSN Messenger. Then they also ruined Skype. Microsoft just can't do anything right despite making so much money. It's like they have no long term vision.

[ambitiousslab@lemmy.ml]

You can do this using JMP Chat, which bridges phone numbers to XMPP. Unfortunately, it's USA and Canada only, for now.

Alternatively, you can use a "SIP Trunk Provider". For instance, in the UK, Andrews and Arnold offers this service. You can then connect any compatible SIP client (e.g. Gnome Calls).

[spaniard@lemmy.world]

Embrace, extend, extinguish.

[spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

The bigger headline is "Skype hasn't been dead this whole time"

[Guest]

A Message From The Skype CEO

(nsfw language)

[sibachian@lemmy.ml]

i realize i haven't been able to send files for years now because all the p2p platforms have disappeared.

[Guest]

[Guest]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/skype-is-retiring-in-may-2025-what-you-need-to-know-2a7d2501-427f-485e-8be0-2068a9f90472

[softestsapphic@lemmy.world]

Ding dong the witch is dead

[gitamar@feddit.org]

I would say this heavily depends on the region. In Germany, I knew nobody who used MSN, everyone only used ICQ.

[01189998819991197253@infosec.pub]

Man, I miss icq...

[jol@discuss.tchncs.de]

That's why I said around these parts. Back then there was a lot more regional fragmentation.

[muhyb@programming.dev]