In order to stay on top of the ocean of competition, companies are looking forward to give more powers to users in terms of building apps by the third-party developers. Thus extending value to their products and platforms as is the case with Apple, Mozilla and Facebook but it seems Skype does not want to be in the league.
It is preventing the third party developers to create add-ons for its VoIP service. Further, Skype won’t certify any new submissions however, all existing Extras will stay certified until their expiration dates and all unused test tickets will be reimbursed. The exiting Extras could be installed through the Windows desktop client and would be featured in the Skype shop. It will also continue to maintain its public application programming interface.
Users like to work on software that give them tools at their disposal, they like to relish the power by using them, by curbing rather cutting the Extra service, I hope Skype is not committing some mistake that would reflect in the near future. Or else may be conclude that Skype does not want to expand its base with the developers/users?
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Yes I think Skype needs to rethink its strategies or else they will be losing customers even to new VoIP players like Onesuite or even Ooma.
Owners come out with innovative features in their products, while Skype is taking the other way, definitely not a winning situation for them.