Comments on: Ten Reasons Why You Should Boycott Skype

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:01:44 +0000

Skype IS a bandwidth hogger – you can see here how bad it is: http://perfprotector.blogspot.com/2010/07/there-is-bandwidth-hogger-in-my.html

Skype completely hogged the machine for days, opened almost 700 active network connections!!!
The graph in this blog shows the behavior of skype during 9 days – it’s amazing to see how skype uses our machines

By: Pat Kirk

Pat Kirk — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:37:13 +0000

Monopolies should always be watched, the man who wrote this blog is right in looking at Skype critically, even if he gets it wrong in some instances. Still some questions were answered by Joerge like a politician, meaning not at all.

With regards to the Zulu speaking guy who believes his language is sooo unique that nobody will realise if he is talking about kiddie porn or not, I advise you think again mate. This is why it can be good that telcos can check messages, on the other hand should you suffer in a country with an oppressive regime you would wish that Skype had made enough money to put up a bit of a resistance.

I for one have tried to reply to a person criticising Skype on their forum and it was impossible. They are so paranoid of criticism that they are not only watching their forums like hawks but the web in general using marketing companies who employ people like Joerge (above). Joerge could be working for Skype who knows. But for whomever he is working for one point stuck with me, but Skype is equally guilty as Facebook and other peering systems – harvesting my contacts, I hate it.

Check for example the Skypeout mobile rates, there are many companies that are far cheaper than Skypeout and far more convenient, such as http://www.kangatel.co.uk, even BT is cheaper.

Why I wonder is Skype so paranoid if they believe that there offer is perfect, why are they stalking people who set up blogs like this one. Does anyone have an answer?

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By: pidgin shmidgen

pidgin shmidgen — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:04:10 +0000

pidgin is a piece of CR*P!!! How hard is it to respect your “invisible” settings for yahoo or gtalk? Really? I quit using it because it installs itself like a loser virus, doesn’t give you an option to uninstall and installs other crap you don’t need! Then, it lets you use yahoo messenger while making you visible ALL THE FUCKING TIME! … there wasn’t even an option to become invisible… What the fuck is it useful for if you just want to lurk or want to avoid some contacts?

but in the fucking hippieland that pidgin dev’s come from, everyone is supposed to love each other… maaaan! puff puff! FFS!!!

By: Torsten

Torsten — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:01:50 +0000

Hi Brandon,

I’m happy that I could inspire you to stop using Skype. Since I don’t use Windows personally, I can not recommend any software for you. Maybe a look at Wikipedia helps you to find something that suits your needs.

Thank you,
Torsten

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By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:03:11 +0000

I read your blog and was inspired to stop using Skype. I use Windows. I downloaded Ekiga, and registered a free Ekiga.sip account.

I did the same on another computer, registering a different account.

I could not call or video call. I appeared offline to the other computer, yet the other computer appeared online to me.

If I want to the best quality for video calling (webcam), what software would you recommend?

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