You Will No Longer Be Able to Use Skype on Older Windows Devices and TVs

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“Next Generation Skype” will mean an end of support for Skype on Windows Phone, RT and TV from July 1. Skype (for mobiles) will now be available on: –
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HiFlyer, MrBrian

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Why is it surprising that Skype will work on W7 SP1? MS cannot just cut 50% of Windows users out…

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Not sure I appreciate the “shocking” title…

“You Will No Longer Be Able to Use Skype on Older Windows Devices and TVs” seems to imply users of desktop computers (last I looked a computer was still a device) hanging back on an older version of Windows will be out of luck in less than a month. That would actually be disruptive to my needs if it were true at face value.

Fortunately, it’s not. Reading elsewhere as carefully as I can, I see that the title statement here appears incomplete as written. Important words seem to be missing in the title here, like “…the Skype Mobile App…”

Please work harder not to make what’s written on the Internet misleading. Details matter.

-Noel

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hansR, Capella, SueW

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The shocking title greeted many Skype users in their inbox, sent to them by Skype, advising the changes. It was quoted without adding the “Important:” preface

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satrow

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Yes, but it appears that the context of the receipt of that message is that it was sent via the device that’s losing support (or to a person who has been using such a device). I never got said message via Skype for Desktop.

Getting it here – out of context – was mildly disturbing.

This is not a strong criticism; please don’t worry about it, and thank you for bringing it up for discussion.

I’ll try to be more wary so as not to choke on my coffee in the future.

-Noel

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SueW, DeWayne12

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Thanks @noel-carboni – sadly, it appears this did not achieve it’s desired effect…

desktop version of Skype can still be used on Windows XP SP3 (using IE 8 or higher), Vista, and with IE 11 on Windows 7 SP1

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Well, since I’m on 8.1 it didn’t speak to me directly.

-Noel

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When did they notify people, today?

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Looks like June 5th was when the news came out.

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Thanks, this was abrupt (rude?) for people that use these devices but not uncommon to get similar notifications from other companies.

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Just another push from MS towards the dreaded Windows 10. With this change it makes it very easy for MS and NSA to access your house.

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Cesar

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“Signal” works fine for many non-m$oft-adepts

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A comparison between Signal and Skype on slant.co:
https://www.slant.co/versus/1989/4554/~signal_vs_skype

Signal has fewer features, but says it works on Android and iOS.

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I collaborate online with people using Skype (voice) sometimes all day. What’s important to me is that I can hold a conversation in a reasonably quiet office hands-free – that is to say, both of us are on open mics and speakers.

That’s no easy feat. Skype is so far the only audio application I’ve seen that does a passable job of it. I made a good solid try of TeamSpeak a few months ago and it fell on its face so hard that I began to wonder whether other people (e.g., those who recommended it) can even begin to tell the difference between something that actually works and something that doesn’t.

Can anyone here recommend a peer to peer voice product that does at least as good a job as Skype of echo cancelation, high quality voice, etc. with open mics (i.e., NO push to talk)?

-Noel

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Noel……… Skype is really no longer p2p……….. it travels via MS servers I believe and is
not private at all. I’ve ditched skype after all these years and have been trying a few different ones. Wickr is one that is private/secure but voice conversation is a bit protracted, in that you record your message and then send. TeamViewer has excellent reviews. I have it on my computer but haven’t practised with anyone yet………. but one of my sons talks very well of it. It comes out of Germany which to me is a big plus. It is geared for business scenarios. I have also uTOX which I’m practising on…….. it has voice/text/video…… and its private/secure……….. works completely p2p. You have an ID # which you share (or can go via an email address.) It’s open source. But the big thing I like about the ones I’m trying is that you don’t have to supply an email address or phone # when installing/setting up. Someone mentioned WIRE…… which was created by the SKYPE founder…….. but that requires an email/phone # to register. I didn’t like that and maybe I’m misjudging the gentleman but I wonder about his motives in the future, seeing that he sold Skype. Just my 2 bits……. a non-techy observer! LT

PS…… One of the things that caught my eye and rather liked was a comment with uTOX…..
which read………. “Expect bugs!” thought that was an honest acknowledgement in this day and age!

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Fred, Cesar, SueW, Noel Carboni

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Kirsty wrote:

A comparison between Signal and Skype on slant.co: https://www.slant.co/versus/1989/4554/~signal_vs_skype Signal has fewer features, but says it works on Android and iOS.

More private and secure, works ok

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You are right “lizzytish”: Wickr and Signal are okay, aswell Protonmail.ch for confidential mail; using these together makes one a person of interest? Who knows?…..

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There will be a work-around, count on it.

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