So Microsoft wants me to pay for Teams? I think not, so...
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Does anyone know if there is a free desktop chat client that will talk to Teams? There is no way I'm paying them $50/year to use their junk.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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Does anyone know if there is a free desktop chat client that will talk to Teams? There is no way I'm paying them $50/year to use their junk.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
Well, there is Microsoft Teams (free)[^] which is what I switched to when they announced that Teams Classic (free) was closing. Seems to work fine, but it doesn't import your contacts or settings, probably to persuade you to pay.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Does anyone know if there is a free desktop chat client that will talk to Teams? There is no way I'm paying them $50/year to use their junk.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
charlieg wrote:
to use their junk.
So why use it at all? If your clients use it then, regardless of your feelings, then you must use it. And the cost is a business expense. Or even something you can bill them for (each client actually.) If it is a company thing then the company should be paying for it. If friends/family then of course you could just stop talking to them.
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charlieg wrote:
to use their junk.
So why use it at all? If your clients use it then, regardless of your feelings, then you must use it. And the cost is a business expense. Or even something you can bill them for (each client actually.) If it is a company thing then the company should be paying for it. If friends/family then of course you could just stop talking to them.
Well true, but sometimes I'm talking to past coworkers whose company has drunk the Kool-Aid.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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Well, there is Microsoft Teams (free)[^] which is what I switched to when they announced that Teams Classic (free) was closing. Seems to work fine, but it doesn't import your contacts or settings, probably to persuade you to pay.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Oh Microsoft, you so silly. That will be fine. They kept popping up the non-free one with no mention of the renamed version. Microsoft Marketing - driving people mad since 1985.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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Well true, but sometimes I'm talking to past coworkers whose company has drunk the Kool-Aid.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
