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But honestly, the main reason people use Zoom is that it is by far the most reliable video conferencing app out there. Anyone who has used other video conferencing systems on uncontrolled networks knows the pain that Zoom seems to magically avoid.

Now, it seems lately others have been getting better, but I'm not really sure what the source of that is; when I've been pulled into Zoom calls over the last five years, they've been absolutely rock-solid.

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Separate from whether it works or not, I will not install it unsandboxed on any endpoints, nor use it deliberately.

Their security architecture is ???, and their excuse for its use of servers in PRC to move encryption secrets makes no sense, and honestly gives me the impression that at some level, somebody working on Zoom made that decision with the conscious intention to make secrets available to the PLA.

Yea, agreed. I've had tons of problems with Windows, and over the years I ended up using Zoom because it was rock solid compared to the competition[1]. The comparison seems unfair, perhaps too kind to windows[2].

[1]: This was several years ago, competition these days may be more on par with Zoom. [2]: I imagine windows is becoming more stable these days. Again, my comment may be unfair to modern windows.

One reason it works so well is that it makes your computer wide open. If you dispense with security and privacy, of course everything works just so much easier.

This has been my experience, zoom has been flawless while our team has had to go remote.

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