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Skype had very good architecture and compared to things popular today was more usable.
It also worked with unbelievably bad connectivity.
Security-wise - advanced Linux users would run Skype under a different user, so that it couldn't access their home directory. A weird decision to be honest, since an X11 client can make full screen captures and observe keypresses all the same. Security theater is sometimes just a hobby.