- It's almost as fast as SMTP for messages (pulling every 30 minutes or so).
- If someone calls you, it never rings on the device you're currently using, allowing you play with that other device you had totally forgotten about.
- It does it's best to distract you from what you want to do (communicate), by teasing you with social features you hate.
- It's user interface is awesome. Trivial things becomes real challenges - like finding the button for screen-sharing. (I have spent weeks trying to figure out how to upload a profile picture - and I go to sleep every evening knowing how delightful I will feel when I finally find that easter egg!
Seriously - Skype was great. But unfortunately, everything Microsoft touches turns into dirt. That's just how it is.