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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by acdha on Friday August 20, 2021 @10:13AM (#28246221)
This substantially the opposite of my experience so I’d bet there is some factor for proximity to CDNs or traffic shaping done by your ISP. FaceTime is rock-solid; Zoom is also good but has noticeably lower video quality (but good noise handling). Meet’s native apps are good but their browser UI is coded to break Firefox so I don’t use it much.
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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by scatterhead on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:18PM (#28247775)
So it sounds like Facetime's Firefox support is better in your experience?
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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by acdha on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:36PM (#28248926)
I’d flip it the other way: Google decided to remove the benefits of portability, similar to how Zoom removed the benefits of being able to use their service without installing a client first.

FaceTime is limited to Apple devices until iOS 15 allows anyone with a browser to join a call, so you’d think they’d be emphasizing the benefits of portability more.

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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by blacksmith_tb on Friday August 20, 2021 @02:20PM (#28249536)
Facetime doesn't work in any browser, does it? On macOS and iOS it uses a dedicated app, the protocol is proprietary so no 3rd part clients exist?
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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by bleachedsleet on Friday August 20, 2021 @02:30PM (#28249668)
FaceTime is coming to the web

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22522889/apple-facetime-an...

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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by randomdata on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:08PM (#28248512)
The benefit of FaceTime being an open standard.
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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by imwillofficial on Friday August 20, 2021 @02:13PM (#28249450)
It’s not an open standard
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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by randomdata on Friday August 20, 2021 @04:04PM (#28250775)
Nor does it currently work in Firefox. Hence the continuation of the joke.

It was originally announced as an open standard, though. Anyone who remembers Steve Jobs would have caught on. It is easy for us old-timers to forget how long ago that was now, so I extend my apologies to the youngsters.

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Re:How Does FaceTime Work? by imwillofficial on Saturday August 21, 2021 @01:26PM (#28258783)
Hahaha you’re right! I remember jobs saying that, or was it iMessage He was talking about?
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