BREAKING: Skype is Dead. And Honestly, We All Saw It Coming.
The tech world lost a relic yesterday. Skype (the OG of video calls, the awkward and somehow glitchier version of Zoom) has officially flatlined at the age of 22. (Gone too soon? Eh… depends who you ask.)
Launched in 2003, Skype was revolutionary. It let you video chat across the globe way before it was cool. Microsoft bought it for a whopping $8.5 billion in 2011… back when it still had 150 million users and a future. But then the pandemic hit, Zoom blew up, and Skype got left in the dust.
Now? It’s sitting at about 20 million users. Microsoft’s solution: hit the kill switch and call it “streamlining.” If you’re still clinging to your Skype contacts or those pixelated chat logs from 2010, you’ve got until the end of the year to back ’em up. After that, they vanish into the digital abyss.
Rest in peace, Skype. Thanks for the memories, the frozen faces, and the “Can you hear me now?” soundtrack of a generation.
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