Microsoft not being able to market a video calling app during global lockdowns should be a case study for business students.
I mean, I used Teams, no problem.
I mean… “No problem” is something very weird for a Teams user to say, but yeah, they were able to market a video calling app.
Hey! We like Teams! Its so fun to use and I love not being able to minimize that one little layout screen when sharing a window!
Yes, and I sure love having to click “Focus on content” each time a screen is shared (which is like 95% of the calls).
Okay, “F”
Followed by “U C K I N G G O O D R I D D A N C E”
I don’t think they ever patched the IP leaking, Skype was used to dox millions.
Nah fuck Skype. I wanted it dead on day 1.
Also fuck teams. Discord too.
I never really liked Skype but seeing a major corporation buy proprietary software and its servers, then shut it down, makes me glad that I’m still using IRC with some of my friends. Try buying that.
Anyway I’m getting old now because Microsoft doing something like this just reminds me of their EEE strategy.
Afaik Teams is just Skype for Business rebranded with a new UI and more features so the spirit lives on
Still it is impressive how Microsoft managed to kill a voip & messaging service that had established itself to the point where you would use the brand name as a verb (at least in some languages)
Damn.
