Microsoft is shutting down Skype: What other technologies have become obsolete?
undefined 4, 2025
Microsoft will shut down Skype in May 2025, marking the end of an era for the once-dominant video call service. Acquired for $8.5 billion in 2011, Skype peaked with over 300 million users but had dropped to 36 million by 2023. Microsoft will transition users to Teams, allowing them to log in with existing accounts. Skype now joins a long list of once-ubiquitous technologies that have faded into obsolescence, including Blackberries, landlines, floppy disks, VHS tapes, CDs, and fax machines—replaced by modern digital alternatives.
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