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by michaelt 2182 days ago
I'm an Electron-hater in general, but are you forgetting the fact Skype for Linux didn't support group video calls until the Electron version?
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This is simply not true.
Then why do I see people from 2016 saying

> "Skype For Linux does not support group video calling" [1]

and articles from 2017 saying

> "The latest update to the Skype Linux client makes it possible to place group video calls on Linux, [...] Electron-based app [...] This is the first update to the popular VoIP app since Microsoft retired the Qt-based Skype 4.3 [2]

Plus I was personally there, trying to make group video calls from Linux in 2016. So I've seen this firsthand.

What makes you think what I say isn't true?

[1] https://www.quora.com/Can-I-make-and-join-group-calls-with-S... [2] https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/skype-linux-now-lets-mak...

Thats no reason to switch to electon though