From Skype to LaLa Land.

[Lancelot01]

On 4/22/2025 at 10:04 AM, KhunHeineken said:

Microsoft is going down the same path as Nokia, just more slowly.   Had a huge slice of market share, but ultimately went broke. 

And the same with Facebook. I, like many others, are now receiving an endless stream of irrelevant ads which need to be deleted before I get to real correspondence. Now I have happily moved to WhatsApp (Line in Thailand) with no cr*ppy adverts.

[superal]

13 hours ago, Lancelot01 said:

Many thanks. I only used Skype for outgoing (no incoming) calls to landlines. Now I have installed Yolla and I'm pleased with the outcome. 

I hope you get a commission from them.

Me too . Only outgoing calls and no videos . Had an email today from Skype saying , that for existing customers who still have credit in their accounts , can continue to use the calls / dialing pad until their funds are spent .

[KhunHeineken]

On 5/6/2025 at 11:39 AM, Lancelot01 said:

And the same with Facebook. I, like many others, are now receiving an endless stream of irrelevant ads which need to be deleted before I get to real correspondence. Now I have happily moved to WhatsApp (Line in Thailand) with no cr*ppy adverts.

Meta (Facebook) also owns WhatsApp, which doesn't give me a lot of confidence in relation to privacy with WhatsApp.

[KhunHeineken]

On 5/6/2025 at 11:32 AM, Lancelot01 said:

Many thanks. I only used Skype for outgoing (no incoming) calls to landlines. Now I have installed Yolla and I'm pleased with the outcome. 

I hope you get a commission from them.

Yolla does not have an unlimited calls / minutes plan.  Fine for casual users, not so good for frequent use. 

[Felton Jarvis]

I am convinced that SOME company will step up and take the place of Skype.  It had too many users to just throw away on the basis that it was "old technology".  Like many others who live in Asia, I used Skype to call cell phones and landlines in the USA.  Microsoft Teams has no such usability and it's maddening to try to replace simple technology such as Skype with software that is aimed at corporate workgroups and such. When large companies buy software from smaller companies, they always seem to ruin the product.