>Microsoft will honor existing Skype credits, but it will no longer offer new customers access to paid Skype features that allow you to make or receive international and domestic calls.
This sucks for me; I used Skype for this regularly for dealing with paperwork/banks/etc back in my home country.
What do people use instead?
I know there's probably a bajillion of fly-by-night operations that offer this, but given that whenever I have to use an actual _phone_, I'm probably dealing with a bank, the tax office or some other governmental entity — I'd prefer something where I'm not worried about my calls being intercepted.
Every time I'm forced to use Teams it's a chore. I was trying to find a way to set a virtual background or change camera settings, and it looks like it's only available right before you join a meeting. It's wild.
>I was trying to find a way to set a virtual background or change camera settings, and it looks like it's only available right before you join a meeting.
Huh. I used Teams in 2020-2023 and back then you'd just hover over the enable/disable camera button and the settings would show up.
Ticktick was the closest approximation at the time of Wunderlist shutdown. Still solid, but haven't researched the market recently.
I don't remember details about the Microsoft version except it wasn't good enough.
I highly recommend ticktick to anyone looking good tasks manager. It's one of those very few apps that just doesn't disappoint me and even though I have ADHD and hard time sticking to some system, I always come back ticktick.
Teams for consumers / home / whatever they're calling it doesn't even support audio calls or video calls (not even 1:1). It can literally only do text chats.
I'm not sure what Microsoft is doing here, except admitting they don't care at all about the consumer market (except to advertise to / data mine).
>Microsoft will honor existing Skype credits, but it will no longer offer new customers access to paid Skype features that allow you to make or receive international and domestic calls.
This sucks for me; I used Skype for this regularly for dealing with paperwork/banks/etc back in my home country.
What do people use instead?
I know there's probably a bajillion of fly-by-night operations that offer this, but given that whenever I have to use an actual _phone_, I'm probably dealing with a bank, the tax office or some other governmental entity — I'd prefer something where I'm not worried about my calls being intercepted.
I've started using Viber, but it's full of ads and more expensive
I'm surprised see Microsoft buying a competitor to only then shut them down at a later date. It's not like them at all to act like a Monopoly.
You had me there for a second. :)
Every time I'm forced to use Teams it's a chore. I was trying to find a way to set a virtual background or change camera settings, and it looks like it's only available right before you join a meeting. It's wild.
>I was trying to find a way to set a virtual background or change camera settings, and it looks like it's only available right before you join a meeting.
Huh. I used Teams in 2020-2023 and back then you'd just hover over the enable/disable camera button and the settings would show up.
Great. Really not looking forward to helping my grandmother migrate, and possibly a bunch of her friends.
I’m still bitter with Microsoft shutting down Wunderlist.
How does MS ToDo compare to Wunderlist.
It’s supposed to be the successor developed by the same team.
Ticktick was the closest approximation at the time of Wunderlist shutdown. Still solid, but haven't researched the market recently. I don't remember details about the Microsoft version except it wasn't good enough.
I highly recommend ticktick to anyone looking good tasks manager. It's one of those very few apps that just doesn't disappoint me and even though I have ADHD and hard time sticking to some system, I always come back ticktick.
You'll get nothing that works and like it!
Another Verge [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43202052
Teams for consumers / home / whatever they're calling it doesn't even support audio calls or video calls (not even 1:1). It can literally only do text chats.
I'm not sure what Microsoft is doing here, except admitting they don't care at all about the consumer market (except to advertise to / data mine).
It definitely supports both audio and video calls.