And you won't provide a means to remotely talk to someone, you're only hurting yourself.

If it somehow messes up your machine (you are literally the only person I've heard complain about this, ever), then fix it. Again, you're supposed to be a technical person, comport yourself as one.

Real talk: if you can't manage to install and support a simple piece of software like Skype, then you might wish to reconsider your chosen field of work.

This is extremely common software used by millions of people. It's 2015. Deal with it.