The End of Skype and the Complicated Transition to Teams: Protests, Mugs and Troubles for TV Links

The case of the farewell to Skype TX for Broadcasters, a special version for television networks: the state and private channels had to launch to other platforms, from Zoom to Facetime, not always so reliable. The complaints of online users: "Teams is too complicated for my mother"

Skype has seen it all over the past 20 years. High-pressure job interviews. Awkward family reunions. Long-distance romances (and breakups). Many of our big life events have been accompanied by Skype’s bouncing ringtone and its end-of-call notification that sounded a bit like a sneeze. When the company’s light-blue logo appeared on our computer screens in 2003, it marked the first time ordinary people could access free computer-to-computer audio …