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Damn, it just blew my mind that video calls are now commonplace, keyword: Zoom... (Yes it was a thing even before Zoom or the pandemic, but I wonder what perce

Damn, it just blew my mind that video calls are now commonplace, keyword: Zoom... (Yes it was a thing even before Zoom or the pandemic, but I wonder what percentage of the population did their first video call in Q2 2020...)

asdff 5y ago
What is also interesting is that in my workplace that already subscribes to microsoft and google business solutions, that the video technology of choice was this company no one heard of before that instantly became the market leader in this space. Talk about dropping the ball big time from FAANMG (or however many letters its up to now) who just let their cows be walked out of the pasture.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  It was odd how it just went (sunglasses on[1]) viral. But I guess Zoom didn't ask you to register with your email and make an account, and click the link on the email we just sent you, etc, so that's why someone who needed a quick solution just used that, and it spread that way. Maybe they can find user zero (there must've been that one person who wrote that first "Let's have a call on Zoom" with many outside their company, which introduced the app to many other people in other companies) and give him a big fat check... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uW47jWLMiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uW47jWLMiY (loud)
  - asdff 5y ago
    I mean we bought enterprise zoom before I even heard of it, not just bummed the free version. Someone sold it to us immediately and we adopted it without trying out any of the tools already on the shelf that we also bought.
- secondaryacct 5y ago
  One word: frictionless. Zoom is by far the easiest thing to onboard for a random person. My mom struggled to understand Skype account creation wall. I work in a megacorp that forbade Zoom to the profit of our already well established Skype and MS Team. Fast forward to last week, a team of "digital innovation onboarding" claimed huge victory against our rotting process by finally getting Zoom approved... finally lol. And the worst is I want Zoom too: easier to interview candidates, meet client and trainers, contact universities etc.
dghughes 5y ago
Video for work, for meetings. Otherwise not so much. Back in the 1990s when when "eyeball cams" were new and black and white nobody wanted to make a video call/chat. Even now if I help someone with an app with a video capability I warn them their camera may come on and I may see them. People hate video calls.

asdff 5y ago

What is also interesting is that in my workplace that already subscribes to microsoft and google business solutions, that the video technology of choice was this company no one heard of before that instantly became the market leader in this space. Talk about dropping the ball big time from FAANMG (or however many letters its up to now) who just let their cows be walked out of the pasture.

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
It was odd how it just went (sunglasses on[1]) viral. But I guess Zoom didn't ask you to register with your email and make an account, and click the link on the email we just sent you, etc, so that's why someone who needed a quick solution just used that, and it spread that way. Maybe they can find user zero (there must've been that one person who wrote that first "Let's have a call on Zoom" with many outside their company, which introduced the app to many other people in other companies) and give him a big fat check... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uW47jWLMiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uW47jWLMiY (loud)
- asdff 5y ago
  I mean we bought enterprise zoom before I even heard of it, not just bummed the free version. Someone sold it to us immediately and we adopted it without trying out any of the tools already on the shelf that we also bought.
secondaryacct 5y ago
One word: frictionless. Zoom is by far the easiest thing to onboard for a random person. My mom struggled to understand Skype account creation wall. I work in a megacorp that forbade Zoom to the profit of our already well established Skype and MS Team. Fast forward to last week, a team of "digital innovation onboarding" claimed huge victory against our rotting process by finally getting Zoom approved... finally lol. And the worst is I want Zoom too: easier to interview candidates, meet client and trainers, contact universities etc.

dghughes 5y ago

Video for work, for meetings. Otherwise not so much. Back in the 1990s when when "eyeball cams" were new and black and white nobody wanted to make a video call/chat. Even now if I help someone with an app with a video capability I warn them their camera may come on and I may see them. People hate video calls.