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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by j45 on Thursday April 17, 2025 @04:28AM (#43714320)
Added context: Zoom delivered a step change in video conferencing quality for the many, vs the few, and in a lot of ways did seem to force others to be better.

During the pandemic many people used zoom more than their cell phones.

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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by rhubarbtree on Thursday April 17, 2025 @07:56AM (#43715483)
I immediately agreed with this, but at the same time it’s not “fast” is it? It’s higher quality or more reliably, something like that. But emotionally I agree it does feel “faster”.
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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by j45 on Thursday April 17, 2025 @12:44PM (#43719308)
Fair point - it's smoother video that gives a better quality experience.

The speed of starting a call sometimes could take a bit more but once established was higher quality than the alternatives at the time.

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