As I see it, the advantage Zoom had over Skype and similar tools was only the host needed an account. Everyone else would get sent a link which would download

As I see it, the advantage Zoom had over Skype and similar tools was only the host needed an account. Everyone else would get sent a link which would download the client if not already installed (it would have been perfect if that had gone straight to the browser client) and then they were up and running. The friction to getting started was significantly lower than Skype and Hangouts and whatever else. And now that almost everyone has Zoom installed, it's going to stay low.