[Nursie]

It's what my mum's learned to use, so it still has a place in my life.

The credit is useful when she's not on skype and I can use a few cents (if that) to dial her landline from the other side of the world and say "Hey, turn your computer on!". It's true this is no longer that special - I get a few hours international calls for free with my mobile plan these days so I don't need-need skype for it.

I imagine the reason they want to move to a subscription model is that there are too many people like me - $10 credit lasts a few years and probably represents a liability on their books as well as a customer they aren't getting any more money from for some time.

[gorbypark]

I'm the same, I buy $5 in credit and it lasts me a few years. It comes in handy when traveling or when calling foreign numbers.

[nopenope123]

Yea, that’s the issue discussed here. They removed this feature. You can’t use them for the occasional landline calls anymore.