The Weird Downfall of Skype

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Head to https://www.squarespace.com/NationSquid to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code NATIONSQUID. So, whatever happened to that Skype program? Since its creation in 2003, it quickly became the top video chatting service in the entire world. Its easy-to-use and creative user-interface and convenient tools even allowed it to be ingrained into contemporary pop-culture. It became a plot-device in movies and even became its own verb, much like how the world “google” is used today. “I’m gonna go skype my friend.” Skype was everywhere and you could not avoid it. Until one day, it kind of just disappeared, pretty much overnight, and alternatives just took over. But the weird thing is that…none of us really cared? When Skype moved on, so did we. No one has really looked back, despite Skype providing things that, I think, are now missing within the online space. And this is where I would typically ask “So, what exactly happened to Skype?” but its situation is part of a very interesting and unique phenomenon. Was Skype the one that changed, or was it us? And how did it ever get to that point? Support me on Patreon! https://patreon.com/NationSquid Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt_0qjzmxopG3leL3OuvlFQ/join Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nationsquid Twitter: https://twitter.com/NationSquidYT Website: http://www.nationsquid.com/ Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license All images, sounds, and clips are either created by me, properly licensed, in the public domain, under a Creative Commons license with attribution provided, or protected under Fair Use. ENJOY THE PROGRAM.