Skype finalizes its move to the cloud, ignores the elephant in the room

Re:Skype finalizes its move to the cloud, ignores the elepha... by busterarm on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:55PM (#12131031)

This also happened to me with Hotmail and a few times with Xbox Live.

I haven't tried to log into Skype in years and I don't expect to start. Live ID is the worst thing that they've ever done.

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Re:Skype finalizes its move to the cloud, ignores the elepha... by awqrre on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @06:19PM (#12132973)

Hotmail basically locked me out of my account because I won't give them a phone number or an alternate email address (they say "Help us protect your account")... I can edit the URL to get out of this requirement but it probably won't last forever... I probably had this email address for 15 years or more...

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Re:Skype finalizes its move to the cloud, ignores the elepha... by brokenmachine on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @07:43PM (#12133452)

Oh wow, how do you edit the URL?

I've been locked out of my old hotmail account since they wanted my phone number. I'd like to just check if there's anything in there, then that's it for me with hotmail.

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Re:Skype finalizes its move to the cloud, ignores the elepha... by awqrre on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @08:43PM (#12133730)

I login @ live.com, and then type "hotmail.com" in the address bar (now I probably can say goodbye to my very old email address)

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