New Skype Update Is Horrible

Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by JumpCrisscross on Monday July 03, 2017 @04:58PM (#14691322)

Signal, Join.me, FaceTime, et cetera. I no longer accept invitations to communicate via Skype.

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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by Meekro on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:06PM (#14691391)

FaceTime is Mac only. Join.me seems geared towards business users and pre-arranged meetings -- I want something more like an IM client where I can see who's online and ask to video chat with them. Also, join.me doesn't seem to have a free plan (only a free trial.)

Signal actually looks great, but their Mac/PC client has been in beta since 2015 and isn't linked from the homepage -- I had to dig it up on their blog. Also, video chat has been in beta since March 2017. It's not clear if their beta non-phone client supports the beta video chat. Still, I'm digging their encryption.

I don't mean to shit over your suggestions, I really am looking for something better. But so far, nothing seems like a clear winner.

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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by mfwoods on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:37PM (#14691584)

> Also, video chat has been in beta since March 2017.

Video chat actually came out of beta in March [0]. The beta was released in February.

[0] https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal-video-calls/

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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by sotojuan on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:00PM (#14691332)

appear.in has worked fine with me too.

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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by lqdc13 on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:13PM (#14691446)

Yup. Great for home but doesn't work on some networks because it's WebRTC.

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