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Anyone else hate skype?

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  • 20-08-2018 7:55am
    #1
    cusser
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭


    I am not sure if it is peculiar to hate it so much.
    It feels unnatural, and awkward and makes me feel self conscious which in turn causes me to talk shyte.
    Perhaps it is an age thing ( in my 50's) and therefore I am not 'a digital native'. However I am not a technophobe either.
    Recently I have exchanged a few messages with someone from another forum. I was enjoying the interaction until he suggested we skype. My heart sank. I am struggling to find polite words with which to decline the offer, rather than responding with ' No f'cking way' !
    I do not skype with my friends ( all in Australia) and in my 20yrs of being in Aus. I never skyped with family in Ireland.

    Anyone else hate it?


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    #2
    tedpan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,627 ✭✭✭tedpan


    cusser wrote:
    Anyone else hate it?


    Can't stand it, such an annoying piece of software.


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    The Ritz
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, RicherSounds.ie Moderator Posts: 2,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Ritz


    Mod Comment

    Moved here as a more suitable location for the topic than the Home Entertainment forum.

    Cheers,

    Ritz.


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    #4
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,011 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    I don't use it either.

    I use an alternative for audio calls (Linphone) and never do video calling.


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    #5
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,398 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Skype, software wise is destroyed since Microsoft bought it.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    Bradlin
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭Bradlin


    cusser wrote: »
    I am not sure if it is peculiar to hate it so much.
    It feels unnatural, and awkward and makes me feel self conscious which in turn causes me to talk shyte.
    Perhaps it is an age thing ( in my 50's) and therefore I am not 'a digital native'. However I am not a technophobe either.
    Recently I have exchanged a few messages with someone from another forum. I was enjoying the interaction until he suggested we skype. My heart sank. I am struggling to find polite words with which to decline the offer, rather than responding with ' No f'cking way' !
    I do not skype with my friends ( all in Australia) and in my 20yrs of being in Aus. I never skyped with family in Ireland.

    Anyone else hate it?

    It served a purpose back in the day, but others have kicked its ass, so I expect its on the way out.


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    cusser
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭cusser


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    I don't use it either.

    I use an alternative for audio calls (Linphone) and never do video calling.


    Never heard of it. Had a quick look ; looks interesting.... Thanks.


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    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    cusser wrote: »
    I am not sure if it is peculiar to hate it so much.
    It feels unnatural, and awkward and makes me feel self conscious which in turn causes me to talk shyte.
    Perhaps it is an age thing ( in my 50's) and therefore I am not 'a digital native'. However I am not a technophobe either.
    Recently I have exchanged a few messages with someone from another forum. I was enjoying the interaction until he suggested we skype. My heart sank. I am struggling to find polite words with which to decline the offer, rather than responding with ' No f'cking way' !
    I do not skype with my friends ( all in Australia) and in my 20yrs of being in Aus. I never skyped with family in Ireland.

    Anyone else hate it?

    Would it be more correct to say you hate video calling? You should be able to disable it.


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    Metric Tensor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,724 ✭✭✭Metric Tensor


    The most recent version has removed the windows hotkeys - this is a massive problem for me because of the way I use it.

    None of the alternatives seem to have auto answer which I also need so I'm stuck with it for now I think.


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    #10
    DickSwiveller Returns
    Closed Accounts Posts: 752 ✭✭✭DickSwiveller Returns


    I think it's great. What's not to like? You can turn the camera off if you're uncomfortable


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    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,011 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    DickSwiveller Returns wrote: »
    I think it's great. What's not to like? You can turn the camera off if you're uncomfortable

    Everything now goes back through Microsoft and they have the 'right' to listen etc etc.
    You might not think this a big deal but some of us do.
    “In 2018, when anyone can be offended by anything, these terms allow Microsoft staff to play unrestrained censor if and when they choose,” says Corbett. ” What’s also clear is that they reserve the right to go through your private data, and these terms seem to pretty clearly allow them to watch and listen to your Skype calls, so long as they are ‘investigating’ something. The terms don’t appear to require any complaint to be filed against you—just that an employee deciding that they want to investigate.”

    http://fortune.com/2018/03/27/microsoft-bans-offensive-language-xbox-skype-privacy/

    Last I checked there was no means of encrypting your traffic so that MS could not read/listen to it.


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    TheBoyConor
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    They only thing they are likely to see if they "investigate" my video calls is probably a video stream of me pulling myself asunder while crying. I'd say they'd stop investigating fairly quick.


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    #13
    Somedaythefire
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭Somedaythefire


    it's a torrid piece of software. I've nothing against video calling, however.


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    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,398 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Somedaythefire wrote: »
    it's a torrid piece of software. I've nothing against video calling, however.

    When Skype was Skype the software was grand but the minute MS bought it they made a total balls of the software itself.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #15
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,449 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Zoom seems to be a good alt. The OP would similarly not be comfortable being videod IWT.


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    #16
    cusser
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭cusser


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Would it be more correct to say you hate video calling? You should be able to disable it.
    I know I can disable it, but then it becomes awkward, if the other person doesn't want it disabled.

    One is trapped, unable to walk around, while talking, or make coffee...etc...

    Viewing someone you know well, via skype seems to make them less real in my eyes and is very distracting from the content of conversation.

    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Everything now goes back through Microsoft and they have the 'right' to listen etc etc.
    You might not think this a big deal but some of us do.

    This is a great reason to not like it. Thanks. I can use it as a more plausible excuse, rather than try and articulate all the other reasons.


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    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    It is funny, video telephony is as old as the hills and has been possible since the 1940's and yet it never took off.
    I don't know why that is, but somehow I feel it's the answer to a question that nobody asked.


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    The new Electron based Skype is absolutely rubbish (don't get me started on the App version..). Have had huge problems since Microsoft changed it (only one side seeing video, crashing, not dialing then showing missed call amongst other things).
    I've been looking at alternatives (PC specifically) and it seems Viber is the only contender which is a pity. I know there are plenty of apps on mobile platforms which do it, but I use Skype on PC to keep in touch with relatives who use PC..

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    #19
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,428 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Links sent over skype open in IE even though Chrome is my default browser. Thanks, Micro$oft.


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    #20
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,428 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    It is funny, video telephony is as old as the hills and has been possible since the 1940's and yet it never took off.
    I don't know why that is, but somehow I feel it's the answer to a question that nobody asked.

    What? Really?


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    #21
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    What? Really?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_videotelephony

    Ages, but it never caught on. Guess people are not always dressed for it.


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