Yes, I want to ditch the now emasculated and defeatured Skype for something better.
Better: something that has all the features Skype used to have - for nothing.

First to go "Premium" - ie, to be paid for - was screen swapping. Next was ... I've forgotten,
and the final "enhancements" to "your Skype experience" are:
- whacko interface style;
- no more drag and drop to send an image - now have to send as a file;
- no more local time displayed for contacts - now have to look up "world clock" to check time abroad.

(I'll) say no more, lest I begin to rant.

So what else is there? I had Yahoo Messenger - and found it cumbersome - but I now have no contacts on that.

Ideas eagerly awaited.

Am.