cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWhat went wrong with Skype?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareLiome@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoIt was bought by microsoft, that’s what went wrong.
minus-squareamlor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoSure, but Skype was shit even before that. It had great potential though, could have become another whatsapp.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoMicrosoft is the EA of the Software world. It’s where companies and ideas go to die.
minus-squareNightwatch Admin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoGoogle: “Am I a joke to you??”
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoGoogle has a bigger graveyard, but it’s mostly their stuff. Microsoft and EA’s graveyards are full of those they acquired.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoYeah anyone who used Skype at the time immediately knew what went wrong
It was bought by microsoft, that’s what went wrong.
Exactly.
Sure, but Skype was shit even before that. It had great potential though, could have become another whatsapp.
Microsoft is the EA of the Software world. It’s where companies and ideas go to die.
Google: “Am I a joke to you??”
Google has a bigger graveyard, but it’s mostly their stuff.
Microsoft and EA’s graveyards are full of those they acquired.
Yeah anyone who used Skype at the time immediately knew what went wrong