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🎶 Have I told / you lately / that I hate #Zoom 🎶

Yet again #Zoom went to shit, this time during an important meeting with a potential new client. "I swear to god I know how to use a computer, please hire me"

Though to be fair, a Bluetooth headset was in the mix which is perhaps even worse, especially on #Linux

@jackaponte have you used Jitsi or BigBlueButton?

@Matt_Noyes I have! Sadly all of my clients use and expect Zoom. I only use Jitsi on occasion (usually for @mayfirst meetings!) and use Signal video calls as often as possible.

@jackaponte @mayfirst So annoying. Especially with cooperatives, who are supposed to support other cooperatives...

@Matt_Noyes @mayfirst Wait, which coops do you mean? To be clear May First is super supportive and hosts a good Jitsi instance. And though cooperatives will always be near and dear to my heart, I'm not actually Palante anymore!

Matt Noyes

@jackaponte @mayfirst Sorry, I meant that I have been frustrated to see co-ops and other movement orgs stick with Zoom when there are good, open source, cooperative platforms available.

@Matt_Noyes @mayfirst Oh, now I understand! I wanted to make sure I wasn't accidentally sounding critical towards May First.

And I hear you on it being unfortunate that movement orgs stick with Zoom. I also get it though -- Zoom became ubiquitous, it's relatively cheap, and now people know how to use it and expect it as the norm, so getting them to shift now would be a real challenge. Especially because movement orgs are going to be dealing with some heavy-duty fights and repression in the coming years!

I've really gotta check out BigBlueButton at some point though. Hopefully at some point a movement-based provider will start their own instance!

@jackaponte @mayfirst meet.coop, which we are members of at social.coop

@Matt_Noyes thanks for sharing! i was trying to remember their name but...

cc @jackaponte

@Matt_Noyes @mayfirst Oh wow, I had no idea about meet.coop! I'll definitely check it out!