My opinion is that Skype was killed by the smartphone. I used Skype from probably 2003-ish to 2008 as my only source of a home phone number to interact with people who had a phone number, as I did not have or want a cell phone or a landline. After that, I got a cell phone that people could call me on, replacing my need for skype a s aphone number source, and then various video chat and voice calling apps came along completely replacing the functionality I was using Skype for. Then when Microsoft bought it, that put a very sour taste in my mouth at the time, and there was no looking back.
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sanimalp@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Bankruptcy Took Down the Redbox Machine. If Only Someone Could Take Them Away.English21·8 months agoOn one hand, all they might have to do is tell people “if you want one, come and get it” and that problem would be sort of solved. But then for every one that gets turned into something useful, probably 20 of them will be left in a barn or something, not really solving the problem…
Uhg… Didn’t know that part. So frustrating.
sanimalp@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Construction Begins on High-Speed Rail Line Between SoCal and Las VegasEnglish2·1 year agoI was just wondering how they were going to do a land deal to get the space to build it, but your comment explains it. Good idea… Need to do more of that.
sanimalp@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Construction Begins on High-Speed Rail Line Between SoCal and Las VegasEnglish2·1 year agoThen send it over the rock pile into Denver!
sanimalp@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLsEnglish8·1 year agoBRB, registering webetwitter.com for the lols…
sanimalp@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Vase woman buys for $3.99 at Virginia thrift shop sells for more than $100,0002·1 year agoI… uh… have a vase for sale… If you’re interested.
sanimalp@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Bitwarden passkey support starts rolling out through the browser extensionEnglish1·2 years agoWait, so bitwarden’s support is only a mechanism to save other systems passkey? Or is it a mechanism to originate a passkey, as an alternative to Google and friends? My conception of what is going on might be off, as well… So… Feel free to enlighten…
I mean, they basically already have… It cost $165/person for a passport that can go anywhere but Canada and Mexico. Over $600 for a family before you can even go anywhere. For probably 90% of families, that sort of disposable income is a dream when most people can’t afford a $500 emergency expense.