Overvalued IMO. I don't find Zoom to be at all differentiated from the many other video call apps from Meet, Teams, Skype, etc. All the enterprise software companies include video meetings in their bundles, why would you pay extra for Zoom?
On one hand you have companies that keep flying chairs in the sky filled with people, feeding them every few hours migrating them across continents.
On the other hand, I have a company that can replace my crappy apt bedroom with a fake office background.
Fascinating that VC funded madness has gotten to this point - prioritizing CTRs, engagement, growth rates and so on.
For one, having catastrophic bugs means to send a "sorry" mail to your users. And maybe fix them.
Such bugs on a plane mean death of people. It is similar to suddenly not having wings. And they are back, but half of the cabine is gone. And suddenly no more plane, you are kindly asked to flap your arms.
Plus it seems like part of the business model of airlines is lobbying for government bailouts.
you might like the servicr, but zoom is definitely overvalued, no question about it.
Moreover, Zoom has documentation on how to use it, and Jitsi has none. (They have the stubs for documentation, but the content itself is largely missing.
One other thing Zoom has going for it: name recognition. In a crowded market, name recognition is more valuable than the tech.
Maybe this has improved since but I wouldn't use Shitsi again with Discord as an alternative.
> Maybe this has improved since
Yes.
IMO it’s one of those situations where some software becomes popular for reasons (marketing? Network effects?) and people just use it because it’s there. No one can shop for software and that’s why we need open protocols.
Once you get passed a dozen or so video call users in the same meeting, your options diminish quite a bit. I'm not saying zoom is the only option, but there aren't just tons of easy to use options that do that well.
Network effect.
Zoom adoption has reached critical mass. Why does anyone pay for Slack when IRC is free? It's what everyone else is doing.