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December 2019: 10M daily participants. March 2020: 200M daily participants. A sustained 20x spike in usage. And it’s still working! I think that’s amazing.
by kmtrowbr 7y ago
December 2019: 10M daily participants. March 2020: 200M daily participants. A sustained 20x spike in usage. And it’s still working! I think that’s amazing.
Think through this situation — 90,000 schools suddenly using Zoom, children doing their classes. What is most important:
option 1) it just works
option 2) it’s 100% secure
Imagine you were a member of Zoom's team, would you not be justified in feeling proud right now?
- enriquto 7y ago> Imagine you were a member of Zoom's team, would you not be justified in feeling proud right now? It has nothing to do with scaling. The problem is the numerous anti-privacy and anti-safety measures that they actively partook in. Those were no "features missed out" due to rapid development. Those were anti-user features purposefully developed in. This is what people are complaining about; and this is what the zoom manifesto is shamefully trying to brush off as if they were related to rapid development or to rapid scaling. If I was a member of the zoom team (who hadn't actively participated in these features), I would be extremely ashamed of my company for spoiling our success with these damaging practices.
- kmtrowbr 7y agoI have to believe the aim of these features was to make it easier for Zoom to be installed and to "just work." I'm inclined to give them the benefit of a doubt right now.