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by aaron_m04 3086 days ago
That doesn't sound like the correct explanation. It's not as if 90% of Skype users stopped using it on desktop computers.

Other explanations that seem plausible:

* IBM patent, as other poster pointed out.

* ability to monitor/censor users more directly (to stay in government's good graces)

* problems with peers invading privacy or taking other malicious actions