Skype Voice Calling Now Features "Conversation Ads"

[internetlad]

ADS IN FREE SOFTWARE?? WAAAHHHHH WAAAAHHHH.

Get over it, the men and women who code, update and distribute this software need to make money somehow. Sheesh everybody wants a goddamn free ride these days.

 

[Khimera2000]

Wow, so much negativity, Just wondering for the people who are complaining how much are you being charged for your call?

 

[scythe944]

Time to start using Google + hangouts I guess.

 

[shanky887614]

bye bye skype, time for me to find another service

 

[teddymines]

[citation][nom]internetlad[/nom]ADS IN FREE SOFTWARE?? WAAAHHHHH WAAAAHHHH.Get over it, the men and women who code, update and distribute this software need to make money somehow. Sheesh everybody wants a goddamn free ride these days.[/citation]
So what changed between a few months ago and now, that suddenly prompts Skype putting up ads? Were these men and women working for free, and then suddenly discovered that they should be paid?

 

[punahou1]

This is great news. My company offers an alternative to skype and we are happy to see that they have come up with a new way to irritate users.

 

[livebriand]

Guys, this is only a little static ad. What's the big deal about it? Heck, there's a little ad at the bottom of the main UI anyway. (right now, it's advertising paid skype calls, and it's static though it changes between a few ads every now and then) It's free, so get used to it. Now if it were animated or I were paying for it or it had audio... then I'd be pissed. (I heard someone saying elsewhere that Hulu Plus having ads is a dick move... and I agree.)

 

[dreadllokz]

NO ADs!! Some mod, or Google+ here I come!

 

[alextheblue]

[citation][nom]cscott_it[/nom]I'm not sure why everyone is always so up in arms about things like this. Skype needs a way to generate a meaningful profit[/citation]Wait, businesses that have expenses need some kind of revenue model? Quick, everyone freak out and fire up webriot.exe!

 

[DSpider]

I ditched Skype right after Microsoft bought it.

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]MrSiko[/nom]This guy is smooooth So that's why I haven't been generating enough fun recently, not enough ads Darn you AdBlock, or rather FunBlock(tm).[/citation]
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