Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

Re:Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad? by vel0city on Thursday September 22, 2022 @09:03AM (#32938244)

With Teams, my laptop is also my phone. Really, my old DID for my desk phone is now my Teams number.

Same thing with Signal. I routinely take/place calls with friends and family through the desktop client. If I'm on my computer and I've got my computer headset on, I might as well take the call on the computer instead of taking off the headset and using yet another device.

As my computer is a general purpose device, one of its many purposes is also a communications device.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad? by jknoepfler on Thursday September 22, 2022 @05:54PM (#32945116)

And as such, it should serve as a communication device when and only when I want it to.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad? by vel0city on Thursday September 22, 2022 @08:56PM (#32946641)

So I take it you turn the modem off on your phone unless you're about to make a call?

Or do you leave it connected for long stretches of time to be ready to take an incoming call?

If you had a desk phone did you unplug it until you were going to make a call?

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