Microsoft's response is to redesign the forum removing the option to sort by number of views, so hiding the flood of dissent. With the size of the change to this app imposed without consultation this can justifiably be called a rape of a once elegant and justifiablyĭominant app. On most phones, new versions described as targeting infant school students and losing useful communication features. Store & App Store ratings dropping from 4.5 out of 5 to around 1 out of 5, plus Android & iOS forums attracting masses of negative feedback and requests for reinstatement of blindingly obviously useful features deleted in the new version automatically imposed Skeleton Skype with 80% reduction in features, controls & connectivity then close forum to hide the repeated requests for similar feature set to older version Īndroid & iOS Skype video call platforms updated without warning to a SnapChat / WhatsApp copy with reduced video call capability, without any indication of any form of consultation Android & iOS communities justifiably furious at app degradation with Play Microsoft asks Linux community for help developing new version, Linux community donate masses of free labour to debug new versions saving Microsoft a fortune, with consistent request for roughly same feature set / controls as old version, Microsoft launch

Microsoft response: close the forum ditching years of help from experienced Skype users Greater space efficiency and requesting the separate window for chats please, etc. Mac Skype 2.8 replacement was vastly space inefficient, a real pain on smaller screens, leading to threads of over a thousand posts with almost all posters with only a few posts to their name, all complaining about the new version with suggestions about Frequent assertions on the forum that Microsoft are listening, however:

Certainly Microsoft have clearly demonstrated contempt for the Skype user base so far.

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