It then proceeds to try and set the default to auto-launch and request a Microsoft sign in at login.
This is aggressive, annoying and in at least to me comes off as desperate or in the least adwarey.
That's good, though temporarily, that means one more possibly simultaneously installed teams :)
https://i.imgur.com/ODn13Ux.png
The link points to an executable that dates from the latest update of the old version a few days back. I've only installed the new one today.
I went investigating a bit, and there are two installations, running from different paths.
https://i.imgur.com/TbBXw3N.png
Actually, the same thing seems to happen with Outlook, if you enable "new outlook".
One fun thing I've just noticed: the "new teams" toggle has gone away.
does this mean you can think of /some/ meetings you were unable to attend? I would assume that "doesn't work half the time" was slightly hyperbolic, and so it seems like your experience is roughly in line with the parent comment despite your response being worded like a rebuttal.
> maybe a minute of kill teams + restart.
lol, okay. so it's basically flawless.
>lol, okay. so it's basically flawless.
I never understand what this kind of snark is meant to do. I didn't say anything like that at all.
Microsoft is one of the wealthiest companies on this planet with decades upon decades of experience in software. Let's not pretend like their willingness to cut corners wherever they can and compromise on quality, as long as the profits keep coming in, is anything but an affront. Controlling the whole stack should make it easier to do this, but in reality monopolies have the opposite effect because capitalism has these averse incentives baked in. Yet another reason to bring back aggressive antitrust enforcement, i.e. break up big tech.