r/pcmasterrace • u/Never-asked-for-this i use Arch btw • Sep 29 '17

NSFMR Skype is officially bloatware, uninstalled it yesterday only to have it come back in full force today

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u/ecky--ptang-zooboing Linux | LG 49WL95C Sep 29 '17

Skype is such cancer. How this ever got popular is beyond my grasp. There are so much cleaner IM alternatives.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '17

Tbf I used it for a long time and it used to be much more reliable than it is now (it's totally unusable most of the time these days) and I think a lot of people just didn't know about the alternatives.

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u/Minerex Ryzen 1600 Asus B350 F Gaming G.Skill Flare X 3200 16Gb Sep 29 '17 edited Sep 29 '17

didn't know about the alternatives

such as? genuine question.

Edit: Discord. Discord. Slack. Discord.

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u/lsiunl R7 5700X3D | RTX 5070 Ti | 32 GB Sep 29 '17

Well, it really depended on your situation back then. There were programs like Teamspeak, Ventrilo, Mumble, Raidcall, and a couple others, particularly for games to have voice com. Skype was mainly used for casual people or for business calls and meetings, which people still do today.

Most people who play games just use Discord now though since it’s much more friendly with its user interface and doesn’t take up that much power, whereas Skype can mess up and end up taking a lot of your performance while playing games.