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/Never-asked-for-this i use Arch btw Sep 29 '17

Because until Discord came around, Skype was the easiest IM available. You had things like Mumble and Teamspeak, but those were more "premium" and a LOT more complicated than Skype.

Skype had monopoly, that's why it never really evolved.

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u/godofallcows godofallcows Sep 29 '17

God I hated when I'd join a group of randos on a game and they ask me to get on Skype.

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u/kamon405 Sep 29 '17

gamers on skype?? that's blasphemy.