• Europe planning to relaunch Skype

    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to All on Thu Apr 2 07:35:00 2026
    Estonia is preparing to buy Skype back from Microsoft and relaunch it as
    a secure European communications platform, according to sources familiar
    with the discussions.

    The proposal, which is said to have been quietly developed over recent
    months, would position the iconic service as a European alternative to
    existing global platforms at a time when Brussels is talking ever more seriously about digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy.nment,s early tech scene, is said to be exploring a
    plan to buy Skype back from Microsoft and turn it into a flagship
    project for Europe together with private investors and several
    figures from the country.

    (I'd use Skype again, especially if they stuck with the decentralized
    server model pre-microsoft...)



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