On 08/03/2016 05:13 AM, Andrew Savchenko wrote: > On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 08:58:24 -0300 Guilherme Amadio wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 11:15:30AM +0800, Jason Zaman wrote: >>> On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 04:08:34PM -0700, Jigme Datse Rasku wrote: >>>> I'd have to say, there is likely a reason we are looking for a new >>>> maintainer. I don't know what is involved, but I might be interested. >>>> Might be wanting to start that direction... >>> >>> There is a new alpha skype for linux too now that should be looked into. >>> I have no idea how stable it is but it's probably not much worse than >>> what we currently have :P. >>> >>> https://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-for-Linux-Alpha-and-calling-on-Chrome-amp-Chromebooks/td-p/4434299 >> >> There is also a web version at https://web.skype.com for those that feel >> that installing the desktop client is too much of a hassle. I've moved >> to Google Hangouts long ago, though, and never looked back. > > Lucky you... I also moved to sip and tox ages ago, but... there are > some people that use nothing but skype. That is the problem. > > Best regards, > Andrew Savchenko > Indeed. The network effect is unfortunately powerful. I think if Tox can get past a few key hurdles, adoption will be less of a hassle. All it needs is feature parity with video, voice, and file sharing. Of course, doing that with end-to-end encryption *and* with as little latency and bandwidth use as realistic is difficult.
But I try it out every now and then to see if I could convince my family to switch to it. In my experience people don't fully understand or value digital privacy until you explain to them what could be done with the structure of applications like Skype (going through a central server). If they ever reach the point of understanding that, it's easier to get them to simply try Tox or another alternative. -- Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer OpenPGP Key: 0x1EA055D6 @ hkp://keys.gnupg.net fpr: AE03 9064 AE00 053C 270C 1DE4 6F7A 9091 1EA0 55D6
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