This was talked about before here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37316959">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37316959</a><p>I assume this move, in essence, is meant to combat spam?
I personally have no issue with having to log-in to use the hosted Jitsi and have it store that I created a room. That's a small price to pay for the longevity of the service.<p>If logging in is an issue, you're still able to selfhost Jitsi just fine.<p>Edit: this article feels like blogspam to me. <a href="https://jitsi.org/blog/authentication-on-meet-jit-si/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://jitsi.org/blog/authentication-on-meet-jit-si/</a> is the source the article refers to.
ON THE PUBLIC JITSI-MEET DEMO SERVER <a href="https://meet.jit.si/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://meet.jit.si/</a>!<p>Selfhost jitsi-meet!<p>It isn't rocket science: <a href="https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-quickstart/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-gu...</a>
Making a separate account on Jitsi would have been fine, but they only allow use of existing centralized account systems from github (microsoft), facebook, or google.<p>That's Not Good(tm).<p>Good thing Self-hosting still works I guess. Will have to set it up.
Maybe it is just my mood, but this blog's full screen newsletter subscription banner on mobile is much more infuriating than whatever Jitsi did (screenshot: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/fSEyZ8x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://imgur.com/a/fSEyZ8x</a>)
"Other Site Abandons Anonymity" says website which puts large "Sign Up" prompts on first-use and below every article.<p>Slightly hypocritical reclaimthenet
That's what happen when awful people abuse nice things.<p>Those bad actors and privacy-conscious people (both entirely distinct group, just in case it looks like I'm putting those two in the same category..) can still self-host their own Jitsi Meet server if they want to.
Most such tools can no longer afford their stance once adoption passes a threshold.<p>Why that might be is often revealed on techdirt:<p>- <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/edition/freespeech/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.techdirt.com/edition/freespeech/</a><p>For other reasons, see also:<p>- <a href="https://mattfrisbie.substack.com/p/the-ugly-business-of-monetizing-browser" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mattfrisbie.substack.com/p/the-ugly-business-of-mone...</a><p>- <a href="https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670">https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670</a>