this aged like milk tbh
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Itâs honestly sort of surprising given Microsoftâs history, so itâs understandable why so many people thought itâd turn into WLM or Skype or something.
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I donât disagree with these sentiments, but I suspect this isnât the end of the story.
In the Bloomberg article of the original deal rejection, they push the idea that theyâll take the company public instead. Now 3+ years later, thatâs been mentioned many times but has yet to happen.
Given theyâre still growing and being funded (the Series H round started in 2020 before this Microsoft buy attempt), unless they really wanted to give up/cash out, thereâs probably wisdom in trying to establish the business (or at least get more established to increase the value).
Personally, as it stands right now, I think they would need some major changes to become a profitable company, but Iâm happy to be proved wrong 
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tl;dr I still think they could be acquired (maybe by someone else though).
tone honest this is hella expected since itâs Microsoft
Honestly, i still think Discord will sell out and become public, and if that happens, RIP Discord.
A unlikely scenerio:
Discord open sources itself when it sells out and become public.
I still find the downfall of Skype so weird⌠like I used to use it all the time to speak my grandparents in France and now Iâm older and I havenât heard anything about it in like 7 years 
like how did it happen??? anyways I hate Skype bc of the billion group chats I get shoved into. itâs usually got like Trump and Elon musk in there and people actually think itâs them 
and itâs always a bitcoin scam
the rise of more popular platforms such as whatsapp and facebook messenger overshadowed skype
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âŚand the deal fell through