Have you used Skype recently? The app started with voice, expanded to video, then embraced file-sharing during its fourteen year run with Microsoft.

Some app developers that I've worked with in the past, have insisted on using Skype for two-way communication. This is one of the reasons why I had to jump onboard.

When I learned Skype was going the way of MCI, I immediately deleted Skype from a couple of PC's to regain hard disk storage space.

Note, the long-gone MCI Inc. was a telecommunications company. During their day, MCI was the second-largest long-distance telephone company in the United States behind AT&T.

In recent years, Skype usage has dramatically dropped. Occasionally, you'd still see a live Skype video connection on a podcast or television interview.

Skype seemed to always present technical problems when using the app on a smart phone.

Now that Skype is out as of May 5, the preexisting Microsoft Teams app will be pushed as a replacement.

Update as of May 5

Here's what you'll see if you try to open Skype Now...