So did Skype recently get more broken (Terribad, awful, shocking)? Is it possible?

[Ramke]

There are guides to delete ad files for Skype, I'd recommend doing that - it helps the memory leak slightly.

Otherwise it's just a broken program that you need to restart frequently to keep memory/delay/disruption low. It's an abysmal piece of half-working programming.

And there aren't really any viable alternatives as the only ones have very little people using them, plus seem just weird and straying away from what people are used to (old skype?).

---