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Re:Two vulnerabilities in Zoom could lead to code execution by pbhjpbhj on Sunday June 07, 2020 @12:57PM (#23448694)
Zoom is harder to use initially - you have to install it on desktop. Meet.jit.si you literally just go to the address.

None of our extended family c.20 people from teens to elders (c.80yo) needed help - we've been using it daily amongst us since the pandemic broke out.

People who have used Zoom several times still need help; it's more complex (that's good and bad).

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Re:Two vulnerabilities in Zoom could lead to code execution by dijksterhuis on Sunday June 07, 2020 @05:17PM (#23450917)
90% of our Zoom users use smart phones and install the app, which is a normal and understood process by most smartphone users.

EDIT -- I've actually just gone off to try out jitsi again (i do actually check to see if it's worth switching platforms) and it turns out it asks me to install an android app too. So Jit.si itself actually needs me to download software on my smartphone. So......

There are a myriad of things that mean Zoom fits our use case better. I'm not going to enumerate all of them as I'd be here for an hour.

My point was that Zoom fits some use cases better, and that seems to be the case more often than not for users with less technical ability than the HN userbase.

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