Honestly, no idea. People keep suggesting Google, so it must work for some people. But every time I try it, different computers, different locations, no matter what, it’s so laggy it’s unusable.

Sorry but it's likely something is messed up with your computer or your internet connection. It works for billions of people, something is off. Google meets is not some inherently not-working piece of software.

Different computers, different internet connections, even in completely different parts of the world. Maybe Google just has a vendetta against me.

weirdly for me google meet is the only one that works and everything /else/ has problems, especially discord.

Do yourself, friends and family a favour and stop trying on different computers. You're installing spyware on all those machines.

Google Meet is a browser app.