Is WebRTC a Threat to Skype?
A WebRTC topic that comes up fairly regularly is whether WebRTC is a threat to Skype. Many believe that WebRTC devalues Skype tremendously, thus Microsoft's commitment to WebRTC must be dubious since it recently acquired Skype for $8.5 billion. Publicly, Microsoft supports WebRTC, and is active with its development. Also, WebRTC is largely associated with Google, and these two firms often disagree about things. It isn't surprising that there are some elements of this new standard that are contested between these firms.