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Microsoft quietly axes Skype credit and phone number sales to push subscriptions [TechCrunch]

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with credit and buy Skype phone numbers . Instead, Skype is locking into SaaS mode: it's pushing users to take monthly subscriptions for regional and global Skype-to-phone plans, for a set monthly fee, likely impacting millions of people. The most recent figures Microsoft released for Skype last year said it had 36 million daily active users. Microsoft did not officially announce the change: News of it was only spotted last week, in the form of a response from a volunteer moderator on a Microsoft forum to a user who was unable to add credit to a Skype account. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that it has permanently halted new sales of Skype credit and Skype numbers, adding that it “continuously evaluate(s) product strategy based on customer usage and needs.” Existing Skype phone numbers will continue to work, while existing Skype credit can still be used — albeit with the usual stipulation, vis-à-vis users must use their credit at least once in a 180-day period fo Show less Read more
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