Is there anyway to STOP Skype from updating?

I"m the first to admit that I'm probably the most illiterate computer and technological adult using a newer mini laptop. I'm confused with the new Skype. On my other computer I could use Skype with basically no problems and with no fee at all. I only used Skype 2-3 times a month to see my long-distant boyfriend, and to Skype one of my friends a few times a month, and I don't need it for anything other than that. Now after trying to get onto Skype on my new computer, it looks as though the only way I can use Skype is to open an account in which I have to pay for. If there's a way I can use the "old Skype" and not pay for it, how do I do that? I'm not seeing that option.

Yet again Skype and Microsoft missing the point on this one.
If I set my Skype to NOT UPDATE then that is the ONLY setting a user shoud have to change.
To then force an update through Microsoft update is not only unwanted, it is in fact illegal. The fact there is an option in Skype to disable updates means that the customer has made a decision that they do not want the product updating. If Microsoft then force the update that would be contrary to the users express wishes (defined by disabling skype updates in skype) and therefor the activity of Skype subsequesntly being updated via an alternative route against the wishes of the user is against the law. From a legal standpoint it means that the computer is being altered against the wishes of the user, therefor the activity comes under the same law as a computer virus.
This is the law in USA and in UK, and I suspect in many countries.
Whilst Skype and Microsoft are completely within their rights to advise users to update, forcing an update against the wishes of the device user is against the law.
For example, in the UK under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, making changes to a persons computer files without permission can result in a 6 month prison sentence. The USA has very similar laws.
Before Skype people mention terms and conditions, the LAW is above Terms and conditions.
If a user has expressly selected to NOT update skype, then any efforts by Microsoft to perform an update is against the wishes of the user and is therefor in the eyes of the law an illegal activity.
If enough people get together a class action could be instigated against MS for this activity.
Or Microsoft could do something really simple (and unheard of for the last 4 or 5 years) and listen to its customers.

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