Most open source software can be compiled for any cpu architecture. So rather than trying to emulate amd64 to get Skype to run, a better idea might be to try find an open source application with similar functionality (and try to convince friends and family to use it).
Jami is an open source chat & audio and/or video conferencing software, with clients for the different desktop OS's as well as Android and iPhone. As far as I'm aware it's not yet working on the Pinephone, but I've seen at least some activity both on the Jami Gitlab as well as here on this forum towards getting it running.
Here's for hoping that we will get a working Jami app for the Pinephone sooner rather than later!
Jami is an open source chat & audio and/or video conferencing software, with clients for the different desktop OS's as well as Android and iPhone. As far as I'm aware it's not yet working on the Pinephone, but I've seen at least some activity both on the Jami Gitlab as well as here on this forum towards getting it running.
Here's for hoping that we will get a working Jami app for the Pinephone sooner rather than later!