On 23/1/21 5:37 am, Gregory Edigarov wrote: > So it is just a matter of curiosity. What skype is missing on OpenBSD?
Users? My guess is they think the user base for Skype on OpenBSD is almost zero, so they don't see it being a platform worth supporting. Part of the reason being that Skype never has worked properly on OpenBSD, so users of Skype thus use Linux, Windows and MacOS X instead. An inescapable echo chamber of their own making due to the proprietary nature of their service. Part also could be that they need to be compatible with "embedded" Skype clients that people purchased years ago, and thus are stuck with the CODECs and protocols those devices support. With no support for these CODECs in the browsers, they either have to embed proprietary browser extensions or transcode server-side. I'll note that I haven't used Skype in almost 10 years now. It was a proprietary native desktop application then, there was none of this "web-based" stuff. That said, I've witnessed it fail to work properly for family members on Android many times. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
