Over two decades later, Skype is shutting down
Skype, the OG videoconferencing app, shuts down on May 5 in favour of Microsoft Teams.
It was first released in August 2003, the creation of Swedish, Danish and Estonian developers who sold it to eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005.
Skype eventually wound up at Microsoft in 2011 with a deal valued at $8.5 billion.
It was one of the oldest apps on thriftmac, having first been posted in May 2006.
Microsoft now offers a free version of Teams as an alternative.