Thread: 100 million reasons to use Skype
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Jerome is offline Jerome
2007-07-10 , 16:47
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
In the end the method of resistance doesn't matter to the average consumer who neither knows nor cares about the technical details or that solutions could be within their grasp with a little education. They just want a no-hassle service... hence the seduction of Skype.

Oh crap... I just made the Lemming argument.
This is not a lemming argument at all. It is about using what works with the least effort and least cost, not doing what everybody else is doing.

I think that using what works is a perfectly valid position.

As to resistance, expect Skype to be blocked before long. It has already happened in some middle west countries (can't remember which one, I think Koweit or Dubai) who want to protect their local telco revenues for international calls. Although another thing which they don't like is that Skype encrypts your phone calls.