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Microsoft strips ads from Skype in a move toward “user-centric design” | Update also improves AI image features, adds OneAuth support on iOS


Update also improves AI image features, adds OneAuth support on iOS.

If you've used Microsoft's Skype in recent years, you've probably noticed that the user experience is less than ideal because of the pervasiveness of ads in the software. Skype isn't the behemoth of online communication it was long ago, though it's still popular for international calls in many cases, and it still has quite a few users. Does this Skype update herald a scaling back of that approach to the company's software business in response to criticism about a less-than-ideal user experience?

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