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On 08/03/2016 05:13 AM, Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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> On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 08:58:24 -0300 Guilherme Amadio wrote: |
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>> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 11:15:30AM +0800, Jason Zaman wrote: |
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>>> On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 04:08:34PM -0700, Jigme Datse Rasku wrote: |
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>>>> I'd have to say, there is likely a reason we are looking for a new |
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>>>> maintainer. I don't know what is involved, but I might be interested. |
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>>>> Might be wanting to start that direction... |
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>>> There is a new alpha skype for linux too now that should be looked into. |
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>>> I have no idea how stable it is but it's probably not much worse than |
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>>> what we currently have :P. |
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>>> https://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-for-Linux-Alpha-and-calling-on-Chrome-amp-Chromebooks/td-p/4434299 |
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>> There is also a web version at https://web.skype.com for those that feel |
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>> that installing the desktop client is too much of a hassle. I've moved |
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>> to Google Hangouts long ago, though, and never looked back. |
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> Lucky you... I also moved to sip and tox ages ago, but... there are |
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> some people that use nothing but skype. That is the problem. |
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> Best regards, |
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> Andrew Savchenko |
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Indeed. The network effect is unfortunately powerful. I think if Tox can |
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get past a few key hurdles, adoption will be less of a hassle. All it |
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needs is feature parity with video, voice, and file sharing. Of course, |
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doing that with end-to-end encryption *and* with as little latency and |
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bandwidth use as realistic is difficult. |
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But I try it out every now and then to see if I could convince my family |
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to switch to it. In my experience people don't fully understand or value |
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digital privacy until you explain to them what could be done with the |
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structure of applications like Skype (going through a central server). |
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If they ever reach the point of understanding that, it's easier to get |
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them to simply try Tox or another alternative. |
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