Skype How-To video ads

Help in banner ads. Seriously? I have been using skype since way before Microsoft owned it. Y'know, back when it was good and MS wasn't determined to kill it stone dead by trying to make it "trendy" and in the process accidentally making it unusable. (Hell I remember that ancient bug where you could steal being the host from someone. 06-07, good times.) I would go on a rant about how ugly and wasteful (of space) the new 7.0 UI is, but that's pointless as MS never listens to anyone with any amount of negative feedback. I kind of wish they would market the blinkers they're all wearing, would probably make the world a wonderful place to live. Anyway! Went off on kind of a tangent there. Like I said, I've been using skype longer than I can even remember. So now, the fact that the space at the top of my IM windows is being taken up with banner ads to beginner tutorial videos is their next master-stoke of crotch kickery. I have no need for these tips, and I run in split-window mode with each IM window at minimum size, so that space is at a premium... And right now it's being taken up by a banner ad that isn't even making anyone any **bleep** money. I don't need this help! It feels like because I block their actual ads their punishing me with patronization. xD  TL;DRDoes anyone have any idea how to turn the how-to tip ads off? (Ironic, I know.) I don't really hate that they exist (unlike normal ads,) because I'm sure they are helping some people... Just not me. I don't need them, they're making my Skype experience worse. (Much like every update since Microsoft... Other than group video, that one was good. Didn't even mind paying for it.) The weird thing is, they weren't there yesterday and no updates have taken place... They'll probably disappear of their own accord soon enough, but I thought I may as well ask you fine people anyway. <3~ P.S. Yes I have looked through options, yes ads are disabled. I even have Skype's ad server blocked in my hosts file. If there's a simple option somewhere that I've just missed, feel free to make me look like a fool. But posting here was my last resort, so I'm hoping I'm not just that stupid.

This is a feature I probably shouldn't advertise here, but you may want to take a look at this plugin: https://github.com/dlehn/Skype-Utility-Project It should be able to solve your problem. Other than buying Skype credit, I think there is no "built in" option to free the space taken up by the banner ads permanently.

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