This is just a quick rant, nothing special – about the new feature Google has put into Gmail – the calling feature. I don’t even know what it’s officially called, if it even has a name. I checked my mail a few days back and saw THIS shenanigan:
WTF IS THISSSS this is so pointless gahh *epic face ripping maneuver*
Ok I wouldn’t say it’s completely pointless since you can basically make free calls from your browser which sounds nice. Maybe other people will find this “exciting”, but it’s eh to me. On top of that, everyone’s saying that it’s gonna somehow replace freakin SKYPE. I do not understand – gigantic question mark. I guess I kind of do, since the idea of both is to make free calls, but Skype is its own program with a lot of features…..unless you’re so desperate to make a call that you just can’t wait to install a program and you would rather call from your email (…..??). I believe calls in and between US and Canada are free (yeah, they’re right next to us, no point in charging us for that pft) and international calls are at 2ยข/min. That’s not that bad actually, but I’d rather use Skype where I can call people everywhere for free xD well the only difference here is that Gmail is calling actual phones, not just another computer. You can also do that with Skype, but I forgot what the rates and stuff are = .=; not that bad, though.
All in all, I doubt this new Gmail feature will come anywhere close to beating down Skype. NEVAR!!!!
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