[johnohara]

C'mon, you don't honestly believe in 2012 that a conversation held over public networks using free software that embeds itself in every browser on your machine, watches your searches, automatically talks to the mothership every night, and keeps real-time track of your contacts, is actually private do you?

How do you think Free got to be worth so much?

[superuser2]

By charging for Not Free services like multiuser video calling and providing extremely competitive long distance calls on the PSTN.

[DennisP]

It's unfortunate that Skype got sold to a U.S. company. Before that, someone asked Skype's CEO about compliance with U.S. wiretap law, and he said "What do I care about that? We're not American."

[JamesBlair]

They seem to do it no matter what they charge.