Zoom corrects usage numbers: says it has 300M daily meeting participants

78 点作者 ciccionamente大约 5 年前

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Legogris大约 5 年前

I don't want to imply too much here, but I'm surprised by all the people here saying Zoom "just works" whenever Zoom is mentioned. It's a recurring mantra.I've had various really annoying issues (completely blank settings windows, sound devices not getting recognized or used properly, crashes). All of these I've experienced both historically and during the past month. Neither Ubuntu, Arch or NixOS, all on three different laptop models, have been free of show-stopping issues.When a customer wants to use Zoom for a call, it's been about 50/50 that we can do the call without issues.I just find it suspicious that all the top comments are "it just works" when my experience has been the complete opposite, in various environments.So far Google Meet and Whereby (formerly Appear.in) have been the least hassle-free in my experience (probably due to being web-based). Looking forward to trying Jitsi when I have the time and inclination, it looks really promising.

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hombre_fatal大约 5 年前

I've listened to multiple major podcasts lately that suspiciously mention Zoom during the show in obvious "organic" ads.Most recently was Conan O'Brien's "Connan Makes a Friend" podcast where they have what are obvious potted mentions of Zoom on the show.In one instance, Conan pretends that he accidentally minimized the video conference app they're using. And finally his co-host is like "just click the Zoom icon to bring it back!" Like, that would obviously be cut if it was real.In another instance, Conan says he's really bad with tech but has been getting better now that he has to figure out his laptop without employees around to help him. And then he adds that once the quarantine is over, he'll probably forget everything... except how to use Zoom, of course.Just thought it was somewhat relevant here since it seems Zoom is doing some massive marketing campaigns. Not to mention how it seems in ubiquitous use and everyone online is constantly mentioning it. Pretty damn impressive.

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Jonnax大约 5 年前

Honestly Zoom just works how you expect it to.Other applications do exist and they're bad from a usability perspective.Google hangouts maxes out my CPU. Teams is a horrible electron app which I'm loathe to use.So the negatives are that it's unencrypted, traffic might be routed through China sometimes and unknown participants can join if they have the meeting link with password.For the majority of people they're not too bothered.I'd argue that security is about having an understanding of the risk and mitigating it accordingly. And for a lot of cases zoom is fine.

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tibbydudeza大约 5 年前

Still they are winning with their branding and their free 45 min tier ... people don't talk about telecon anymore but rather they are having a Zoom meeting.But their UI really could use some rework ... it is really crappy.

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PeterStuer大约 5 年前

All conferencing platforms have had issues. Zoom does seem to be fairly responsive when it comes to vulnerabilities and security patching.As for 'state actor' interference, that is generally called 'lawful interception' when you drop the hype and FUD. I'm sure Zoom does/will comply with those regulations just like all the others.

Rerarom大约 5 年前

I like how they say that they're sorry they referred to them as people.

andrewzah大约 5 年前

I have had very few problems with zoom over the last 2 years. My company has always used it, with people connecting from various linux, windows, and apple machines. We are all remote, and have pair-programmed via screensharing for hours with zero issues.As government contractors we'll most likely have to switch due it to being banned by the pentagon [0] (bad optics), so I guess we'll use jitsi, but it's quite unfortunate.All of the DnD people I know are switching to it because it... just works. We haven't had any issues there either, but I can't speak about calls with ~15+ people.I don't really like any of the alternatives: gotomeeting, chime, bluejeans, webex, discord, or god forbid, skype.[0]: <a href="https://www.stripes.com/news/us/zoom-for-official-use-is-no-longer-an-option-for-dod-personnel-report-says-1.625973" rel="nofollow">https://www.stripes.com/news/us/zoom-for-official-use-is-no-...</a>

maallooc大约 5 年前

Whenever I'm using Zoom I'm astounded by how it works. Seriously. What black magic are they performing? It works remarkably well. Just like magic.I've used Skype, Google hangout and others. They are like 1-2 years behind Zoom.Poor encryption? China? Security issues? Whatever. It just works unlike others.

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JackPoach大约 5 年前

Regular folks don't care. Zoom is currently, waaay better than anything else, although may be not for long. But venture capitalists and investors have their egos. It's funny to have the same fight (DAU and how engaged users really are) between Slack and MS Teams.

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KrilleB大约 5 年前

This was expected already, anyway it's better to use jitsi, better security and privacy

sadfev大约 5 年前

I prefer Teams or Skype for Business, they works best.I don’t like the zoom UI or setup

redis_mlc大约 5 年前

Funny how they admit that AFTER their IPO.Lawyers: get your securities class action lawsuit in!

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mr_gibbins大约 5 年前

Article sponsored by Microsoft, Google.

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7777fps大约 5 年前

They apparently have 300M daily meeting participants which is actually more impressive than this headline.

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