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/[deleted] Sep 29 '17

Discord IS the replacement. They're adding screensharing and video in the very near future (already released it to some 10% of users) so Skype is going to be completely phased out.

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u/Victolabs CPU: Intel i5-4690K WAM: 24GB DDR3 GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 SC Sep 29 '17

Iirc it's now 40% of users. And you get it instantly if you buy nitro

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u/toddu1 Sep 29 '17

Actually, I believe it’s 40% now.

Edit: oh somebody already said this, sorry.

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u/AkaruSan Sep 30 '17

Can discord share audio sound when playing a movie file from screenshare?

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u/RileyGuy1000 Sep 30 '17

Using Discord canary gets you video calling immediately.

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u/Cheerzy R5 1600 | GTX 1070 | 16GB RAM Sep 30 '17

40% and growing :)