Skype bundled with Windows 8.1 update

Just another good reason to add to an ever growing list of not switching to win8

How wonderful. Microsoft has already given the NSA and the government unfettered access to outlook and hotmail accounts, now they're throwing in another way for them to access your information through skype. I Guess they want to be able to see and hear you also.
What a fantastic addition to that operating system. No wonder it's selling so well, they just keep piling on the improvements.

I don't need Windows 8 in order to have Skype. Anything "bundled" with a new OS is simply BLOATWARE. I'm on XP and I've installed Skype separately!

Isnt bundling skype returning to the days of anti competitive charges, in the same way they had such a slap on the wrist for doing it with ie??

Originally posted by plazma247:

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Isnt bundling skype returning to the days of anti competitive charges, in the same way they had such a slap on the wrist for doing it with ie??

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I think maybe your getting the windows licence sales tax on hardware and the browser ruling mixed together : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_U..._investigations

More of the same old if you ask me... does it come with a communications package choice screen giving a choice of skype, google talk/hangouts, viber, etc, nope, then watch this space

Even if it did it probably wouldnt display due to ermmmm technical reasons.... aparently..?!?!.

As long as I can stop it from auto-running at startup then I personally don't give a toss.

Originally posted by MagengarZ:

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I don't need Windows 8 in order to have Skype. Anything "bundled" with a new OS is simply BLOATWARE. I'm on XP and I've installed Skype separately!

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Originally posted by pensfan12:

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Originally posted by MagengarZ:

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I don't need Windows 8 in order to have Skype. Anything "bundled" with a new OS is simply BLOATWARE. I'm on XP and I've installed Skype separately!

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Why would anyone use XP voluntarily anymore?

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i'm using xp sp3 pro with 3 gigs of ddr2 ram on a gigabyte board with an intel dual core e6700 but i also have a win7 ultimate computer with 4gigs ddr3.

Yeah, a client had a late model EeePC 9XX (a nice machine) that needed a redo and I considered Win7 but as it had only 1 gig ram the XP factory restore seemed the way to go.