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PyaarRevolution

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6. Original Skype funding or development.

Thu Dec 31, 2015, 02:54 PM

Dec 2015

As far as I know, I believe Skype was bankrolled by Kazaa, the file sharing service similar to Napster. This was their way of laundering the money I suspect. The security connection to the NSA you suspect may have been part of setting this service up and agreeing for the U.S. government looking the other way.
If I am wrong about Kazaa's connection to Skype, please anyone here feel free to correct me.

An alternative I would suggest is Logitech's chat service which I get the impression has had superior video for a while from what I've heard but it's likely only accessible if you're using their products.

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