Estonia to relaunch Skype as Europe's sovereign platform

ale

I don’t see the need to buy it back other than for boosting the brand narrative.

timpan

I hired a guy who was one of the video quality engineers at Skype. He had just been laid off but he was one fine engineer! This seems like a fun project.

gapan

I hate April fools' day.

Ejtaal2

I think the first words should be: Is anyone else listening to this call?

vintagedave

I really hope this isn't an April Fool's. Skype was an amazing platform. Then: * Removal of peer to peer * Windows UI redesign, away from classic usable Windows * Mac UI also changed to web-style (which (obviously personal opinion) was a real kick in the face to people who use Macs and valued Mac UI. The UI wasn't flashy. It worked and it fit the system.) * Emojis everywhere. I used to use it for work. I recall an eternally bouncing emoji for a while during every work call. Incredibly distracting. * Covid's opportunity completely missed. Zoom and the rest took over. * Oh, no-one's using Skype, I wonder why. If they brought back Skype as a well designed , native UI-first, peer to peer, secure, EU-governed platform it stands a chance of outstanding success.