Microsoft retiring Skype after 20 years — as platform failed to keep up with Zoom, Slack
1. Microsoft will retire Skype on May 5 to focus on Teams. 2. Skype struggled against competitors like Zoom and Slack in recent years. 3. Teams has 320 million monthly active users, surpassing Skype's decline. 4. Skype's user base fell from 150 million to 23 million by 2020. 5. No job cuts will result from the Skype transition to Teams.