Reasons not to use Skype (2012)

Re:Reasons not to use Skype (2012) by MarcScott on Saturday January 07, 2017 @08:08AM (#13343952)

So I had a flick through the website, and I fail to understand how this service makes any money.

This automatically makes me suspicious that either they'll eventually start collecting data, or the service will disappear as soon as they are acquired.

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Re:Reasons not to use Skype (2012) by ycmbntrthrwaway on Saturday January 07, 2017 @05:29PM (#13347036)

At least they explicitly promote with "No profiling or data gathering" with a link to https://twitter.com/wire/status/768797320792117248

Also they promote Spotify

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Re:Reasons not to use Skype (2012) by FabHK on Saturday January 07, 2017 @05:17PM (#13346974)

I seem to recall that they aim for a freemium-ish model, i.e. sell extra features or charge for features designed for businesses/teams etc.

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