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I think you're missing the point who FaceTime is made for. Jitsi - heard of it once ages ago, never used it Zoom - for business Discord - gamers/teens? They
by HatchedLake721 5y ago
I think you're missing the point who FaceTime is made for.
Jitsi - heard of it once ages ago, never used it
Zoom - for business
Discord - gamers/teens?
They can carry on "killing it", but I'm not going to ask my mom to install and signup for Discord. I'll FaceTime her or send her a link she can 1-click join.
- fastball 5y agoZoom is for everyone at this point, because a huge number of people have had to install it for WFH/SFH.
- ninkendo 5y agoI think Zoom is more "For everyone" than just for business. At least until they decide to start charging for it.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoIt is amazing to me that FAMAG companies let Zoom into the video call market. A half competent cross platform implementation would have left no room for Zoom. My parents use Zoom now, and my distant non tech literate cousin in a developing country used Zoom to broadcast a funeral from abroad during COVID to all the extended family members around the world.
- zoover2020 5y agoDon't forget Amazon Chime! :')
- not2b 5y agoWebEx used to be the business solution. Zoom destroyed them. Many companies that used to use WebEx dumped it in favor of Zoom.
- teawrecks 5y agoDiscord voice chat works in browser without an account. Not sure about video, though. Discord has it's bugs, but IMO it's categorically better than zoom.
- t-writescode 5y agoNot for my grandmother. All those chat programs and conversion stuff would confuse her.
- atatatat 5y agoFacetime is for users who think videocalls are called "Facetime"
- ftio 5y agoSo, tens of millions of people. Seems like a reasonable strategy for attracting non-iOS users to the iOS ecosystem by enabling their massive user base to exert social pressure.
- tolbish 5y agoOr they could attract those users by making a better product?
- sleepybrett 5y agoTry before you buy.
- atatatat 5y agoHeroin is like this, too.
- spaceisballer 5y agoI love Jitsi, the main part being that I don’t need an account. It has always worked well for me, we use it for “virtual happy hours” and well it’s user friendly enough it seems to be a big enough hurdle the not so technical saavy seem to not get. There is an iOS app, or you just use a browser. I guess it’s normally the problem of making sure people enable their camera and microphone. Any who, FaceTime in browser seems like a big win for most people. People generally know how to use Apple things.
- fomine3 5y agoLINE is the default choice for "video call" here in Japan despite high market share of iPhone. In other countries, maybe WhatsApp, WeChat, etc is on same position.