Hate Skype now it's part of Microsoft? How about a Chinese clone, then? Look out Skype; China Mobile has launched a new VoIP service in a bid to snag international users making or receiving calls from the People’s Republic. Launched by China Mobile International, the Hong Kong based subsidiary of the world’s largest operator, Jego is available free of charge to iOS and Android users. Any user …
I don't want anyone snooping on me, but if given a dichotomous choice then I'd choose the country that has no legal jurisdiction over me, which in this case is China.
If the UK ever formed the sort of "special relationship" with China that it currently has with the US (e.g. unfettered access to all my private data, and extradition without even prima facie evidence), then I'd have to think twice about it.
@ Danny 5
No need to leave The internet. Just ditch Skype or internet calling apps. Besides there is a lot more besides Skype and cccp (Cheep Cwappy Chinese Pwoducts) :-)
Actually why do we even need Microsoft anyway? Wth are they doing here. These guys are already the richest on the planet, isn't it ime they get off!
No kidding. The awful protocol, peer to peer disaster, ruining company networks, is just terrible. And there were plenty of standards compliant systems out there before skype showed up and they never do provide a gateway to those even though they have often promised to make one whenever the media remembers to ask why they are a closed environment.
Skype has always been about vendor lock-in and for the first while using the end users resources to run the system. What an evil company. I suppose Microsoft is a sensible owner of skype in the end.
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