We could also try Skype, but Skype charges. A very modest amount and
well worth it, especially when it was the only one that had video calls,
but you have to start with $10 most of which will likely be wasted.
micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
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We could also try Skype, but Skype charges. A very modest amount and
well worth it, especially when it was the only one that had video calls,
but you have to start with $10 most of which will likely be wasted.
Nope, Skype does not charge for Skype-to-Skype video calls. Skype
charges for *voice* calls to *normal phone numbers*, i.e. not
Skype-to-Skype, but Skype-to-phone_number, a totally different use case.
Reading your intro, I was going to suggest Skype, because Skype
*exactly* fits your bill, i.e. no need for a phone number like with
WhatsApp, not to mention using something like Instagram.
So she has her phone on a lot during the day, I think, but ANSWERED:
would she have to start Skype each time she turned her phone on, or is
there some part of skype that runs all the time. Isn't it true that Whatsapp has part of it running all the time?
micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
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So she has her phone on a lot during the day, I think, but ANSWERED:
would she have to start Skype each time she turned her phone on, or is
there some part of skype that runs all the time. Isn't it true that
Whatsapp has part of it running all the time?
She doesn't have to do anything, not for Skype, not for WhatsApp, not
for ... ad infinitum.
Trust them, these companies know what they're doing! If these services
had to be started manually, each time the phone/device would be
restarted, let alone just 'turned on', they would be basically useless.
Of course she should not *sign out* from Skype, but other than that,
everything is automatic.
(As to WhatsApp: You can not even 'sign out' from that, you can only
delete your account.)
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micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
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So she has her phone on a lot during the day, I think, but ANSWERED:
would she have to start Skype each time she turned her phone on, or is
there some part of skype that runs all the time. Isn't it true that
Whatsapp has part of it running all the time?
She doesn't have to do anything, not for Skype, not for WhatsApp, not
for ... ad infinitum.
Trust them, these companies know what they're doing! If these services
had to be started manually, each time the phone/device would be
restarted, let alone just 'turned on', they would be basically useless.
Of course she should not *sign out* from Skype, but other than that,
everything is automatic.
(As to WhatsApp: You can not even 'sign out' from that, you can only
delete your account.)
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