@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 19 days agoWhat went wrong with Skype?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down17
arrow-up1109arrow-down1external-linkWhat went wrong with Skype?www.theverge.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 19 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish102•18 days agoIt was bought by microsoft, that’s what went wrong.
minus-squarems.lanelinkfedilinkEnglish17•18 days agoMicrosoft is the EA of the Software world. It’s where companies and ideas go to die.
minus-squarems.lanelinkfedilinkEnglish4•17 days agoGoogle has a bigger graveyard, but it’s mostly their stuff. Microsoft and EA’s graveyards are full of those they acquired.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•18 days agoYeah anyone who used Skype at the time immediately knew what went wrong
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•18 days agoSure, but Skype was shit even before that. It had great potential though, could have become another whatsapp.
It was bought by microsoft, that’s what went wrong.
Microsoft is the EA of the Software world. It’s where companies and ideas go to die.
Google: “Am I a joke to you??”
Google has a bigger graveyard, but it’s mostly their stuff.
Microsoft and EA’s graveyards are full of those they acquired.
Yeah anyone who used Skype at the time immediately knew what went wrong
Exactly.
Sure, but Skype was shit even before that. It had great potential though, could have become another whatsapp.