&gt; * Is now owned by Microsoft<p>This is not negative in itself. I don&#x27;t like that it&#x27;s part of a bigger company because of privacy and focus from intelligence agencies and hackers, but that&#x27;s just me. I could imagine someone else thinking it&#x27;s positive because it shows professionalism.<p>Why is this a negative point for you? And why would something like Hangouts be better, or what would you suggest if you wanted to eliminate big companies&#x27; products?