Skype bows out after 22 years of service

Monday, May 5, 2025, 9:20 am

In a bittersweet farewell, Skype officially shuts its doors after more than two decades of connecting millions worldwide. The service, once a groundbreaking tool for communications, is now stepping off stage, leaving longtime users to find alternative apps for their daily chats—apparently, even nostalgia can’t keep it alive.

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Reflecting on Skype’s Legacy

techdirt.com / The War On Internet Phone Calls

Today Microsoft shut down Skype, a company that helped revolutionize phone calls online. To commemorate the death of Skype, we’re running a recent “Pessimist’s Archive” article on the history of internet calls, and how it almost wasn’t allowed. If you’re not already, you should subscribe to the…

theverge.com / The Verge looks back on Skype

It may be difficult to believe in this time of Zoom, Google Meet, and Slack, but at one point, Skype was one of the primary ways to make contact with friends, family, and colleagues. First released in 2003 and, after going through several owners, finally purchased by Microsoft in 2011, the app…

theverge.com / RIP Skype — you were right about almost everything

"When I knew it was over was when I downloaded Skype." All the way back in 2003, Michael Powell, then the chairman of the FCC and the United States' chief regulator of the telecom industry, told a roomful of academics and executives at the University of California at San Diego that he had seen the…

Shutdown & Teams Transition

mobilesyrup.com / Skype reaches the end of its life

Skype has finally died.  In February, Microsoft announced that it would shut down the video calling platform and replace it with a free version of Microsoft Teams. The day has finally come when Microsoft will be officially making the move, and burying its old video calling platform. The free…

arstechnica.com / RIP Skype (2003–2025), survived by multiple versions of Microsoft Teams

Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion in 2011, and now its journey is over.

cnet.com / Microsoft Hangs Up on Skype: Iconic App Shuts Down After 23 Years

As the pioneering video-calling service shuts down, Microsoft urges users to switch to Teams for similar features.

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