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View Poll Results: Video Messaging Application of the Year
I'm a Skype user but to be honest I can't bring myself to vote for it due to the often poor quality of the calls, the recent dumbing down of the interface, and the lack of configuration settings in the new Skype for Desktop. However, it is *still* the only real game in town, and has been for many years to my dismay.
Messenger for Desktop might prove to be a good alternative but Messenger is of course tied into the Facebook empire.
I would vote for Wire .It took some doing ,but I finally got family and friends to use it.Video call quality is great even on overseas calls.
One of the best days was when I typed "removepkg Skype".
ps.I see Wire is included in "Secure Messaging Application of the Year".
Last edited by henrob; 01-04-2018 at 03:59 PM.
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Been playing with Discord lately. Not a pro-level app, but it gets the job done. I especially like being able to broadcast my desktop instead of my webcam, should I desire.
Jilted Skype last year in a rather acrimonious divorce that had $$ send me confirmation email after confirmation email trying to get me back. But I stood my ground and am finally completely $$ free....
Another vote here for WIRE. Excellent call quality, full end-to-end encryption, and source code regularly audited with full transparency.
Skype used to be good, but since MyCrudSoft moved to the client-server model the current Skype 4 Linux is a complete waste of time. Plenty of others I know agree with me.
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