I'd suggest changing the headline to, for example,<p>Skype for Linux now requires SSSE3<p>Newer AMD processors support SSSE3 and can run Skype for Linux (new means less than ~5 years).<p>Also, it would be interesting to know what percentage of users of the old version did not have a processor that supports SSSE3.
Skype has never been a fantastically 'first class' app on Mac (or Linux, from what I've heard), BUT it mostly worked, and was pretty clear cut in functionality.<p>It has been <i>the</i> chat/call/video tool for remote business users.<p>Then they decided to a) try to mimic Snapchat of all fucking things, and b) make their desktop apps Electron based.<p>I honestly dont know what the alternative is. For now I'm using FaceTime audio when possible, and another client has a Slack channel we use, but that's definitely not something I want to be tied to long term either.