Microsoft Retires Skype

Microsoft acquisition, neglect and now termination of Skype has got to go down as one of the most egregious wasted opportunities of all time.

Skype had a dominant position in video calling (Zoom), a nascent social network (you could find, follow, friend other users) with with IM / share files (WhatsApp) and some embryonic collaboration potential (Slack).

Somehow Microsoft wasted all these moments. I still pay a subscription to a Skype account out of respect for what the product was and could have been. Sad to see it finally go, but what a waste

Other discussion (3 days ago; 641 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43202052