On: Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft

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Most opinion seems to be that Skype has consistently gotten worse after the takeover.

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That's subjective. An objective fact is that it still exists on non-MS platforms, it's interoperable across platforms, and there hasn't been a "Skype 2" to replace it on MS platforms only. If that same holds true for Minecraft, that allays most of the largest fears people have.