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aequitas ◴[] No.22736838[source]
Not that I'm in favor of this practice, but the one key feature that conference software must have is: it just works™.

Nothing turns you off more from a conferencing solution than: any problem getting it working right now.

When there is just the slightest issue, one person not being able to join, one person not getting voice to work, bad audio, your entire team is blocked/distracted. Which results in a collective distain for the solution and video conferencing as a whole.

This extends to getting the solution working for greenfield installs as simple as possible. Because who knows which non-tech users from which department all need to join and can't figure out how to set the permission in their browser right or install/use the other browser that is compatible.

So sadly, from a functionality point of view, you want have the software be able to force itself onto the user in the most usable state it can.

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1. swiley ◴[] No.22737355[source]
This still isn’t a good reason to build a native app instead of just using webrtc.

Someone should make a PSA site that says something along the lines of “don’t install teleconferencing software because it usually bundles malware; your browser already has the technology built in.”

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2. manigandham ◴[] No.22738054[source]
What do you mean by "bundles malware"? What else is it doing besides teleconferencing?
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3. bruckie ◴[] No.22738548[source]
https://daringfireball.net/2020/03/regarding_zoom

https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/zoom-zero-day-4-million-...

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/10/20689644/apple-zoom-web-s...

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4. manigandham ◴[] No.22739806{3}[source]
To be clear, that's a security issue with their software but not malware. It's not intended or designed to harm your device.
5. aequitas ◴[] No.22742185[source]
It is however the reason why this solution is being used instead of all the other ones.