Skype
An instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services.
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Our users have written 91 comments and reviews about Skype, and it has gotten 2545 likes
- Developed by Microsoft
- Proprietary and Freemium product.
- Subscription that costs between $3 and $14.
- Average rating of 2.6
- 316 alternatives listed
Even though it's still technically functional, it is not private or secure enough for me. I want something decentralized and distributed. I want nobody to peek into my text or calls. See Jami for example.
I have been an avid user of skype. I have been however running into issues with its latest releases. Either message are not coming in sync, slower, crashes more often....
I am currently using their oldest releases which seem to work great,
I hope they fix their latest "editions" so we can use it right.
Skype was pretty terrible from the start, but it has been completely devastated through recent updates. The UWP version of the client was (like almost every UWP app) an entirely unusable, feature-free toy that wasn't useful for anything, but at least we could use the legacy desktop version. Now my Windows 7 client was updated to a similarly horrible version that won't let me do any of the things I used to do in Skype anymore.
It's one of those mind-bogglingly bloated Electron applications, which means you'll get a 180 MB monstrosity of a JS framework and browser, for functionality that used to fit into 3 MB. Of course that also means that its UI is built with web technologies, which means it's a disgrace to even call it a desktop app – it's not anymore. It's as numbingly slow and high-latency as you would expect a web app to be. Don't even get me started on memory consumption. 400 MB in idle without any windows open? You bet. Damned be the day that web developers began to be able/allowed to develop for Desktop, because they don't have a freaking clue what they're doing.
Of course, the best part is that it's a complete re-write, with an estimated 95% of the features that the previous Skype clients had simply gone without replacement. Contact groups? Gone. Chat search? Gone. Configuration options? Gone. Now it's just another flashy-looking but useless toy that doesn't cater to anyone's needs anymore, with the only distinguishing feature being that some old contacts of yours might still be using it. Ditch it, the sooner the better.
ah yes. another microsoft product that is bloated and slow af.
i would say that this is an extraordinary application and feels great to utilize.
I like that it has a thoroughly examined set of feautures. Without a doubt, I probably won't require the greater part of them, it's as yet ideal to see everything work - just in case.
Limitless skype call length is pleasant, and it's additionally cool that it allows you to take notes and determine the area of the accounts.
I believe it's awesome.
Skype is a good business tool especially now that it had 'upgraded' to become Teams which have even more features as a collaboration tool, and not just for communication. We had found Skype to be good for advertising and as a customer support tool. Read more here: https://donutatwork.com/tag/skype/
I’ve been using Skype for a long time now for work purposes and to connect with family via video chat as I used to live abroad, I’d say It works well enough for me, it serves the purpose to connect with the other person. The best thing about skype is it lets you share your screen which is very beneficial for the work purpose. I’d say it has some negatives like the connectivity issues and the connection is not clear sometimes, the voice keeps breaking. Overall a decent tool.