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It just proves they keep breaking Skype updates, nothing new.

Kind of ironic coming from the people who gave us IE/EDGE, the browser with the most incompatibility issues.

One thing they got right, Linux/Firefox people are probably not their target audience so why bother. Especially after year of broken Skype updates in Linux. There are better alternatives now.

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What's your best Skype alternative for non-techy people?

Discord is pretty good, although it's gaming focused so not ideal if you're looking for something professional.

https://jitsi.org/ https://jami.net/ https://signal.org/ https://tox.chat/ https://linphone.org/

I can come up with a list too, and many more sites have lists alternativeto.net and slant.co are my go-tos. The point of asking here is to get a thoughtful response with a genuine user preference from someone technically inclined; your comment really doesn't help.

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