

It just doesn't feel good to send texts over Skype-based services, watching the app struggle to open even on the world's most powerful PCs and phones, while Telegram and WhatsApp, and crucially, Discord, all open at a mere instant. I'm not quite sure why, but it's absurd to me that, in 2021, Skype and Xbox Live messaging services lag behind the competition in speed.

When Microsoft was in the running to purchase Discord, our senior editor Jez Corden discussed some of the issues with Skype: Skype has a long history of inconsistency. People didn't just switch from Skype to Zoom and WhatsApp to go with a trend.

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