this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2024
494 points (95.6% liked)

Memes

45719 readers
1826 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
sexy_peach@feddit.de
cyclohexane@lemmy.ml
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml
494
Me irl (media.kbin.social)
submitted 7 months ago by Deykun@kbin.social to c/memes@lemmy.ml
135 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Beats Skype for Business too, which was Microsoft's previous offering. And it was BAD.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

What? Skype was waay better than Teams! It only started turning into dogshit when Microsoft acquired it.

**Edit: Skype, not "Skype For Business", as others pointed out.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Skype for Business was not Skype. It was the rebranded Office Communicator, which Microsoft started calling Skype for Business after acquiring Skype.

It was basically a bad clone of MSN Messenger.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yep, you're right. I remember now.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

No problem, I'm not surprised that you blocked that train wreck from your memory.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

It only started turning into dogshit when Microsoft acquired it.

You mean in 2011?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Skype was only good for its time.

Compared to Teams now, it is sorely lacking

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

Imagine if it had actively been developed this whole time rather than snatched up and shuttered to further anti-competitive practices...

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Actually we just finished our switch from Skype to Teams and honestly, as much as I love having GIFs to express my disdain for work, at least Skype could group chats, didn't require all the RAM in the world, and automatically saved chats which, in a records management hellscape was an absolute lifesaver. Also my headphones would automatically answer a call when I put them on my head but I have a feeling that has more to do with the settings than anything else.

Also I'm tired of having to tell people "no we can't do that because Microsoft hasn't integrated that very valuable and highly requested feature you're asking for"