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>Zoom is objectively a good software solution but being de facto forced to install yet another piece of software just to take business meetings has left a sour

>Zoom is objectively a good software solution but being de facto forced to install yet another piece of software just to take business meetings has left a sour taste in my mouth. No kidding. I can't tell conferencing clients apart anymore. I have the following installed: GotoMeeting, WebEX, JoinMe, Zoom, Hangouts Meet, BlueJeans and every other week I'll get invited to a meeting hosted by yet another one (last week someone hosted a meeting with one called 'ringcentral'). They are all about the same, and I can't tell them apart anymore.

presscast 8y ago
I'm seriously thinking about refusing to take meetings on software I don't already have. I strongly suspect it won't actually change anything, but so far I've been too chicken to actually try.
- macspoofing 8y ago
  It isn't worth the hassle. If you do push back, the other party won't care. They'll have you book the meeting and set up the conference call instead.
leesalminen 8y ago
Just want to warn people about RingCentral. We were a paying customer for years but usage was quite low so we decided to replace it with Twilio for telephony and Zoom for video conferencing. Saves us $100/Mo or so. I called RingCentral to cancel the service (can’t cancel online) and was assured we wouldn’t be billed again. What do you know, we were indeed billed again. I called in to dispute this and was told they had no record of my previous call and my service was not canceled. They refused to refund the money. I hung up and called back 1 minute later. They changed my security questions so that nobody would be able to talk to me about my account. I ended up filing a chargeback. Never buy RingCentral. What an awful company.
ec109685 8y ago
If you are a chrome user, you don’t need to install Meet.
mgadams3 8y ago
I believe that ring central now just white labels zooms infra

presscast 8y ago

I'm seriously thinking about refusing to take meetings on software I don't already have. I strongly suspect it won't actually change anything, but so far I've been too chicken to actually try.

macspoofing 8y ago
It isn't worth the hassle. If you do push back, the other party won't care. They'll have you book the meeting and set up the conference call instead.

leesalminen 8y ago

Just want to warn people about RingCentral. We were a paying customer for years but usage was quite low so we decided to replace it with Twilio for telephony and Zoom for video conferencing. Saves us $100/Mo or so. I called RingCentral to cancel the service (can’t cancel online) and was assured we wouldn’t be billed again. What do you know, we were indeed billed again. I called in to dispute this and was told they had no record of my previous call and my service was not canceled. They refused to refund the money. I hung up and called back 1 minute later. They changed my security questions so that nobody would be able to talk to me about my account. I ended up filing a chargeback. Never buy RingCentral. What an awful company.

ec109685 8y ago

If you are a chrome user, you don’t need to install Meet.

mgadams3 8y ago

I believe that ring central now just white labels zooms infra