I&#x27;ve been educating as many people (especially Management and Business people) as I can to switch over from Skype to any other alternative (like Hangouts). Because Skype is:<p>* A memory hog<p>* A bandwidth hog (its really inefficient about network usage, and uses a lot of bandwidth even when idle)<p>* Has much lower call quality (a consequence of the above), just try having a call in Hangouts or Skype and notice that Hangouts has much lower audio lag, doesn&#x27;t kick out people constantly even when screen sharing, etc<p>* Is now owned by Microsoft<p>* Never cared about privacy or security (not that Hangouts does, but Skype just sets a very very low precedent)<p>* Group Messaging is a mess<p>* Individual Messaging is a mess<p>The list goes on and on. Its 2016, and &quot;Let&#x27;s Skype&quot; is not cool anymore. There are much better options available.