Caveat to this post: I know Skype-Lite exists, but it can't believe it is used by anyone on a consistent basis and I prefer better spelling. We should kill Skype-lite, in favour of the below.
Many of us who use Skype for professional purposes have felt the blow MS has inflicted upon us across multiple platforms (Windows/Mac/Linux/Android/IOS). They attempted to muscle-in on the well established Facebook and Snapchat world. This is very late in the game to do so, and reeks of the Windows Mobile fiasco.
So, why don't Microsoft continue the experiment on the Snapchat front with Skype-Light. Skype for business is in place and so far doing well. Make a "Skype-Pro", for users like us, who have subscriptions and use Skype professionally. I might be willing to pay an extra buck or two on my subscription to get Skype for Linux 4.3 resurrected, functional and supported. Once supported again, have it evolve in a normal software evolution process (not the idiocy that came with 5.4.0.1), with insiders testing features, feature polls, and UI recommendations.
Many people claimed to intensely dislike Skype for Linux 4.3 since it "looked old". But on a professional level, this was rock-solid and did the job it was supposed to do. And it did it WELL. If you want Snapchat, download Skype-Light. Otherwise, pay the subscription and get Skype-Pro. This should appeal to the MS accountants and "businessmen/women".
Can we also get rid of that stupid Sine Wave that slows down my phone? I much prefer the original Skype logo. Was that the recommendation from a user poll, or a mandate from MS? Maybe I am in the minority if that was a user poll, but incoming calls are slow to answer because if it.
How many here would support such a concept?