Since we are in the business of branding and marketing, what happened to Skype? They did a lot of award-winning work around the world. But during this pandemic everyone immediately went to zoom, who has never done noticeable marketing. Does anyone know how or why? Tell me before my account people explain how award winning wrk doesn’t work again.

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Everything microsoft touches turns to shit. When will they help Trump campaign?

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The reason is UX.

It’s exceedingly rare when both parties have Skype up and running without a hiccup. Zoom is a lot easier, it just works without having to jump through hoops to set up an account.

Invest in UX, folks.

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Truth.

Skype is being deprecated in 2021 and replaced by teams...

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Teams got rid of the 4 person limit last week. Think you can have up to 9 on screen now

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I wonder if it has to do with Zoom having the business relationships/infrastructure in place for companies and schools to feel comfortable using it? Skype has always seemed much more consumer-facing than Zoom, which I’ve only primarily used for business purposes.

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Skype is the greatest failure... They should have been Whatsapp but Microsoft bought it and did what it does best.

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I think it’s because Eric, the founder, saw an opportunity to make web conferencing better and user friendly. In the early 2010s, Skype user experience was bad and not adapting to mobile phones quick enough. Here’s an excerpt from Eric’s:

“Upon arriving in the country, Yuan joined WebEx, a videoconferencing startup.[2] The company was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2007; at which time he became vice president of engineering.[4] In 2011, Yuan pitched a new smartphone-friendly video conferencing system to Cisco management.[8] When the idea was rejected, Yuan left Cisco to found Zoom Video Communications.[4]

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Then there’s Facebook who thinks they can convert people from Zoom by showing wacky people dancing to a Lizzo song? From a strategy and creative perspective that work is so far up its own ass. We should switch to Facebook why exactly?

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@CDOP they’re also still trying to sell people on Portal...sooooooo. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Nothing makes a bad product fail faster than great advertising -Bill B.

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5YOE+MS+MBA begging for likes!
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