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Why use hangouts if https://meet.jit.si https://meet.jit.si works in Firefox flawlessly?

• Old_Thrashbarg 10y ago
  Exactly, I've been using Jitsi Meet for over a year. It works in all browsers flawlessly, it's encrypted, it's open source and there's no account needed.
• nachtigall 10y ago
  How does it compare to https://talky.io/ https://talky.io/? I'm looking for a Skype/Hangouts alternative (for talking, chat and Screensharing)
• cptskippy 10y ago
  Because it's still a gChat client
  • mi100hael 10y ago
    Ok, but there's no requirement you use the GChat client component...
    • cptskippy 10y ago
      Just because you personally don't use something, doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. And if the alternatives are so much better then why does it exist?
• deleted 10y ago
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• abeyer 10y ago
  I'm not sure about firefox, but in chrome it requires you to install an extension with all sorts of unrelated permissions to share your screen. I nope'd out when I saw that.
  • Arkanosis 10y ago
    All you need in Firefox is an URL: no plugin, no addon, no account, then give only the permissions you want.
• recursive 10y ago
  It doesn't seem to allow me to chat with hangouts users.
• Arkanosis 10y ago
  Came here to say this. I've just been using https://framatalk.org/ https://framatalk.org/ (based on Jitsi Meet) for a meeting with unknown (read: not necessarily having a Google account or enough knowledge in IT to install a browser plugin) people and it works so much better than Hangouts than I'm tempted to remove the Hangouts plugin right now.