Over two decades later, Skype is shutting down

Skype, the OG videoconferencing app, shuts down on May 5 in favour of Microsoft Teams.

It was first released in August 2003, the creation of Swedish, Danish and Estonian developers who sold it to eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005.

Skype eventually wound up at Microsoft in 2011 with a deal valued at $8.5 billion.

It was one of the oldest apps on thriftmac, having first been posted in May 2006.

Microsoft now offers a free version of Teams as an alternative.