Skype dead at 22

Today, Microsoft shuttered Skype. The 22 year old telecommunications program is survived by its many successors, including the detestable Microsoft Teams.

Skype was first released in 2003, and was sold three times over the next decade: first to eBay, then to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, before finally entering the Microsoft family of products in an $8.5 billion acquisition in 2011. In its prime, it boasted well over a hundred million monthly users.

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