The story states there is no way to opt out but in preferences / contacts / privacy there is the option "Appear in suggestions" which I assume solves this but should have been opt-in.
My grief with Skype goes deep, not to mention Skype for Business and the idiotic impossibility of adding contacts between S4B and Skype.
you can do one-on-ones but you cannot add skype free users to a skype for business conference call.
We're using Skype for Business and this limitation is very frustrating.
On the bottom of your link:
Not available with Skype contacts
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Multi-party IM conversations
Audio and video conversations with three or more people
Desktop and program sharing
So, what can we do (in general) to stop this sort of "making stuff shittier" effect that seems inherent in Western Capitalism. Very rich, very successful companies buy products and make them worse -- what's the patch for that? Is there anything beyond government regulation, or "consumer buying power"?
My grief with Skype goes deep, not to mention Skype for Business and the idiotic impossibility of adding contacts between S4B and Skype.