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They have been interoperable for quite a while now: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/skypeforbusiness/set-up-sky...

you can do one-on-ones but you cannot add skype free users to a skype for business conference call. We're using Skype for Business and this limitation is very frustrating.

On the bottom of your link:

  Not available with Skype contacts  
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  Multi-party IM conversations
  Audio and video conversations with three or more people
  Desktop and program sharing

So, what can we do (in general) to stop this sort of "making stuff shittier" effect that seems inherent in Western Capitalism. Very rich, very successful companies buy products and make them worse -- what's the patch for that? Is there anything beyond government regulation, or "consumer buying power"?

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