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Re:How Zoom works [slides] by Macha on Thursday June 25, 2020 @05:48AM (#23638751)
I have to say, I've found both Google Meet and Discord to be more reliable in the "just works" department (despite neither being perfect). My experience with Zoom was a job interview where the link kept asking me to install a browser plugin, even though I already had, even if I clicked a link that was apparently a web fall back.

I think I had to use a phone dial in in the end

Re:How Zoom works [slides] by wenc on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:52AM (#23640095)
I wonder if you might have been sent a WebEx link? That doesn’t sound like Zoom.

AFAIK Zoom doesn’t use browser plugins but WebEx definitely does.

Re:How Zoom works [slides] by Macha on Thursday June 25, 2020 @05:47PM (#23646147)
It's been 2.5 years, so can't verify, but almost certain it was Zoom. Possibly it was the desktop app it was asking me to install.
Re:How Zoom works [slides] by yomly on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:35AM (#23660389)
The problem with Discord is a lot of people can't figure out how to use it. It also requires sign up