For technology journalist and broadcaster Will Guyatt, Skype represented a significant milestone in the evolution of digital communication. “Skype was a broadening of horizons in my mind,” Guyatt recalled during a phone interview. The platform’s initial launch introduced him to a novel way of maintaining connections with friends who had either moved abroad or were traveling. “It was quite eye-opening — the fact that you could make decent calls to people on computers and then pretty soon after that solid video calls,” he said, emphasizing how Skype simplified long-distance communication. “It made it simple and easy to do,” Guyatt added, reflecting on the platform’s user-friendly approach to what was then a groundbreaking technology.
