You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen when mic is off

Re:You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may lis... by throwawayboise on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @04:22PM (#31019772)

> how is it Zoom has any business at all?

Zoom was the first videoconferencing software I experienced where the first 15 minutes of the meeting was not spent with "can you see me," "can you hear me," some people falling back to dialing in to a speakerphone, and one or more out-of-band calls to various participants to troubleshoot problems.

Zoom was click a link. And it worked. Nobody cared much about anything else beyond that.

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Re:You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may lis... by mitchdoogle on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @04:51PM (#31020082)

Perhaps I am misremembering but I remember using Skype 9-10 years ago without any issues. Zoom does not seem to be that much of an improvement in terms of ease of use

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Re:You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may lis... by rootusrootus on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @05:09PM (#31020316)

But is Skype that way now? Zoom was in good position when the pandemic made everyone pick a video conferencing app. Some of the competition (Webex comes to mind) got slapped so hard they basically copied the Zoom interface in order to stay somewhat competitive.

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