Skype Decline Under Microsoft

Discussions focus on how Skype was innovative and reliable before Microsoft's acquisition but became buggy, bloated, and neglected afterward, with Microsoft pushing users toward Teams or Skype for Business.

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j_koreth Mar 4, 2016 View on HN

Oddly enough Skype got bad under Microsoft's ownership too

Triv888 Jan 17, 2021 View on HN

Skype was good when it used to be p2p... but when Microsoft bought it, they changed how it works.

jaimehrubiks Feb 24, 2016 View on HN

Skype was a grate sofware, now it is just a sad and buggy software

nandemo Mar 15, 2011 View on HN

How can Skype be "insanely great" if its latest client is "horrendous"?

JohnFen May 11, 2019 View on HN

Yes. Microsoft has removed or reduced pretty much everything that made Skype great.

EGreg Jul 3, 2020 View on HN

Skype used to rock before they were acquired

unusximmortalis Jun 13, 2016 View on HN

it is true the skype has some issues since MS acquired them, and there were some changes/decision made on it which I disliked, however, it is performing better lately. hopefully it will turn around.

zenbob May 10, 2018 View on HN

Am I the only one who thought pre-Microsoft skype was a poorly-functioning product?

raverbashing Nov 2, 2016 View on HN

Can ms do something better than the pile of crap that is Skype for business?

jpwagner May 10, 2011 View on HN

just remember that skype's product was already starting to suck before microsoft bought them...