Microsoft has officially shut down Skype after 21 years of service, urging users to transition to Microsoft Teams by May 2025. With 1.95 billion registered accounts, Skype was once revolutionary in offering free video calls globally. User reactions have been nostalgic and emotional, with many praising the service's impact on personal and professional communication. Despite its decline in popularity during the smartphone boom, Skype facilitated vital connections. Users remember it fondly as a transformative tool in their lives and careers, generating an outpouring of gratitude on social media as the service comes to an end.
The ability to make, not just calls but video calls, to anywhere in the world for free was on par with teleportation for me back then.
Skype has been wonderful for my practice since 2008 - so sad to see it go. Free video calling - what a gift it has been!
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