The spying argument is not exactly applicable for most scenarios. I mean you know you are taking a risk when you're using proprietary software running on server

The spying argument is not exactly applicable for most scenarios. I mean you know you are taking a risk when you're using proprietary software running on servers that aren't yours, whether the privacy issues are intentional or design flaws(both of which exist in every solution, whether that be zoom, google, microsoft or any other competitor in that context). So with that I personally pick reliability over anything else, hence my personal choice - meet. And realistically speaking, very few people are of any interest to Google or even state agencies. I most certainly am not: I've applied for positions at Google in the past so they have my near - complete resume(now lead developer as opposed to senior developer when I applied), I use some of their paid services so they know my bank account, full names, address and telephone number and I use a ton of their products in general. I'm way past the "on the internet no one knows I'm a dog" state. I'm with Torvalds on this one - I'll use proprietary solutions so long as they do the job and there are no viable alternatives.