Skype is shutting down for good today, and leaving us with… whatever this is

For a long, long time, the term “video calling apps” was practically synonymous with Skype. The communication platform was launched in 2003, but its craze eventually died down, which could practically be because Microsoft acquired it in 2011 for $8.5 billion. While Microsoft continued improving Skype even after they acquired it, their efforts simply weren’t working.