That Microsoft wanted to integrate Skype in Teams since the beginning and it was often talked about, so I am sadly not surprised. They have or will also drop Skype for business.
Currently Teams is quite useful in a business environment, but I don't think it will stay that way. It will become bloated because MS will try to integrate every kind of software until it is a complete mess.
I don't use it privately and probably never will. I used Skype a lot before the Microsoft aquisition. Now there are better alternatives.
I use them mostly for calling to phones abroad. I can do that either from my computer or from my cell phone. Maybe they are not the cheapest on the market, but compared to what it would cost to dial directly on the cell phone they are pretty cheap.
Phone costs aren't really something I pay my mind to anymore, has become such a small position. For me these tools are for direct communication with direct contacts.
Wouldn't want call centers contacting me through such a service, so I compartmentalize my usage with classical telephone services.
> For my use case?
Skype is fine for that, but I think Microsoft will discontinue it at some point.
> Wouldn't want call centers contacting me through such a service
I don't have an incoming number with them. Outgoing they show my cell phone number at least in some cases which is fine for my use cases. Have not studied whether I could control suppression.
> but I think Microsoft will discontinue it at some point.
I have been astonished that they have not done it already. But that's nothing I would lay sleepless for. That day I need to investigate alternatives.
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[ 0.30 ms ] story [ 23.3 ms ] threadCurrently Teams is quite useful in a business environment, but I don't think it will stay that way. It will become bloated because MS will try to integrate every kind of software until it is a complete mess.
I don't use it privately and probably never will. I used Skype a lot before the Microsoft aquisition. Now there are better alternatives.
> Now there are better alternatives.
For my use case?
Wouldn't want call centers contacting me through such a service, so I compartmentalize my usage with classical telephone services.
> For my use case?
Skype is fine for that, but I think Microsoft will discontinue it at some point.
I don't have an incoming number with them. Outgoing they show my cell phone number at least in some cases which is fine for my use cases. Have not studied whether I could control suppression.
> but I think Microsoft will discontinue it at some point.
I have been astonished that they have not done it already. But that's nothing I would lay sleepless for. That day I need to investigate alternatives.
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