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		criddell on March 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $1... Keep in mind that before Microsoft bought it, Skype could make direct P2P connections with outstanding fidelity. If they buy Discord, I wouldn't expect it to stay great.

xxs on March 23, 2021 [–]

>Skype could make direct P2P connections with outstanding fidelity

I used to be absolutely in awe of the technology Skype had... got bought for $8+B back then and Microsoft managed to ruin the p2p part and stability/latency of the calls

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