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If I wrote the same HN article but said Cisco Webex would you say the same thing?

Despite them doing the same thing.

Go for Jitsi. It's privacy conscious and has really good video quality. It seems to favour frame rate over resolution which doesn't look as glossy but the smooth video makes it much easier to pick up small gestures and facial expressions than the others like Teams and WebEx.

I use teams a lot for work and Jitsi with the makerspace crowd and Jitsi is just so much better imo..

+1 for Jitsi as an underrated, high-quality, free service

Jitsi is a winner, especially with non-techy people. Literally just click a link and you're in.

Ya. I don't install Zoom, Skype, Microsoft__, Cisco__, Dell__, etc.

You could’ve just rephrased this to “don’t work anywhere during the pandemic”. Seriously, most people have very little choice in what they can install.

WebEx and Skype also have web browser versions. I don't know about the other ones. But you can generally use these apps without having to run an executable or install anything.

Sandbox it, or get a hardware mute for your device if you don't have a choice.

I’ve worked remotely for years. Refuse to install these apps on my computer. If someone requires a meeting with an app-only interface, I dial in. Otherwise, I run Zoom on an iPad.

My practice is that if I'm paid, I'll use company software. In the real world (my own time)... not a chance

I don't really care that much about the privacy of what I install on my work computer. That's their business, as long as I can turn the computer off when my work day is over. It's more of a concern for my own machine.

I’ve worked remotely for years. Slack and Zoom work fine in a browser.

Microsoft Teams does the same thing on Linux, so yeah.

Yes?

Definitely, who cares what company makes it !

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