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Microsoft Kills Windows 10's Messaging Everywhere Texts, To Bolster Skype (pcworld.com)
Reader tripleevenfall writes: The ability to respond to text messages received on your phone with the same app on your PC. It's a dream that's been a reality for Mac users since 2014, and Windows 10 Mobile users were supposed to get the feature, called Messaging Everywhere, with the Anniversary Update rolling out August 2.
But that's not happening anymore. Instead, Microsoft thinks it has a better idea: add Messaging Everywhere to an upcoming version of Skype for Windows 10 PCs.Microsoft commentator Brad Sams writes, "Skype barely works; let's add new features. Texting from your phone is cool, let's remove it. 0.0% people want this."
But that's not happening anymore. Instead, Microsoft thinks it has a better idea: add Messaging Everywhere to an upcoming version of Skype for Windows 10 PCs.Microsoft commentator Brad Sams writes, "Skype barely works; let's add new features. Texting from your phone is cool, let's remove it. 0.0% people want this."
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You spend 8 1/2 BILLION dollars on something,That is why you have a hardon for Skype.
In simple terms, they want Skype to do things, they can then monetize. They are idiots, and users are starting to leave Skype for other apps, like Hangouts, Slack and Telegram because Skype sucks donkey balls.
The problem for Microsoft is, they think they can bully people into their way of doing things, when the reality is that there are more reasons now than ever to avoid using MS crap.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
I can imagine that the people who were tricked into installing Windows 10 and then used Messaging Everywhere are a bit sour about having that taken away from them.
Perhaps it is better to stay away from Windows 10 until the support time runs out. It sucks when a company tampers with software after you have installed it.
The "We didn't want to maintain that feature anymore" mentality some companies have can quickly turn a computer useless to you.
It sucks even more when it is hooked up to $100,000 worth of measuring equipment that relied on those features.
Sometimes you just need to keep an old Windows 2000 box running.
I have a WinNT 4.0 box with Winamp that I use to play music on; it's not networked, runs almost no power, and has almost permanent uptime.
It's on an old Barton-core 2500MHz athlon that draws ~20 watts, IIRC.
It's tied into the house A/V system, and runs from the same remote.
I keep what works, while I look for something better. :)
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