Why does skype duplicate my sent files / why was i...

If i have a file, lets call it Image.jpg on my C drive and send it to someone, Skype creates the file + a thumbnail in AppData\Roaming\Skype\Account\media_cache.
I already have the file on my drive, why would i want it to take up 150% extra space on my SSD? Why cant it just point to the original file like it used to.
I have a group that i often send a lot of files to. I rarely remember who of the 10 people got which files. Earlier i could just put "Image1.jpg" into the searchbox and quickly see if i'd sent it to that person. Now files get renamed to sdh#randomletters.jpg + i cant search for it anymore.
I work as a full time programmer, and i simply cant understand the change to this.. Not even a little bit, it seems completely unnecessary to me, and super clunky implementation.
Is there a way to go back to the old, or plans to make it more flexible? This means i pretty much dont have much reason to use skype anymore.

The original poster says that the original image file (at full size) is also copied to the media cache.
From a software point of view, I can see why one might want to do this, as it's easier to treat the image display the same regardless of whether you are the sender or the receiver. It's also common to treat disk space as effectively infinite these days.
When sending, it would be possible to create either a hard link or a symbolic link in the cache to the original. Since this is handled by the file system, it would be effectively hidden from the rest of the application and the additional code would be minimal.
Sean Ellis - uses Skype chat for serious work
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