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Google Meet has never worked for me. Not once. Across many browsers, OSes whatever. It simply does not work. MS teams I think worked once. Skype is ok. Zoom
by imgabe 4y ago
Google Meet has never worked for me. Not once. Across many browsers, OSes whatever. It simply does not work.
MS teams I think worked once.
Skype is ok.
Zoom works every time.
Want people to use something else? Make a thing that works.
Edit: if you have also had problems with everything besides Zoom have you also ever held a security clearance with the US government?
- fezfight 4y agoNot to be antagonistic, but what the hell is wrong with your computer? In the old days, we'd say PEBCAK.
- imgabe 4y agoHonestly, no idea. People keep suggesting Google, so it must work for some people. But every time I try it, different computers, different locations, no matter what, it’s so laggy it’s unusable.
- fezfight 4y agoDo yourself, friends and family a favour and stop trying on different computers. You're installing spyware on all those machines.
- Kaze404 4y agoGoogle Meet is a browser app.
- rnk 4y agoSorry but it's likely something is messed up with your computer or your internet connection. It works for billions of people, something is off. Google meets is not some inherently not-working piece of software.
- imgabe 4y agoDifferent computers, different internet connections, even in completely different parts of the world. Maybe Google just has a vendetta against me.
- boondaburrah 4y agoweirdly for me google meet is the only one that works and everything /else/ has problems, especially discord.
- enlyth 4y agoThis kind of mirrors my experience, all the other apps are wonky or provide a worse experience. For example with Slack, if we (UK) video call with colleagues from the US, it's usually laggy, pixelated and delayed, so we have to use Zoom.
- eddieroger 4y agoZoom may be kind of scummy, but the tradeoffs they made created a program easy enough for grandparents and CEOs alike to use, and that counts for something. The first time I used Zoom with some family members during the pandemic, they were audibly impressed with how easy it was, and these were people who use FaceTime regularly. The bar is reset now.
- _def 4y agoI use Google Meet almost daily without problems with Ubuntu and Firefox
- OtomotO 4y agoCounter example: installed zoom years ago for a job interview Didn't work (Linux, Wayland even). We switched to discord for the interview. Uninstalled zoom, never installed it again. All my clients use alternatives and I am sooo glad. I should clarify: my clients range from multi billion dollar companies to small to medium sized ones. The big ones use teams or such, the smaller ones are more flexible Wherever we can, we use jitsi
- throwawaypcking 4y agoOn Ubuntu Linux (for years) I've used the following without issue, ranging from multiple times to every day, video and audio: Hangouts Google Meet Skype Zoom Teams Also, Wayland had issues years ago, that may have been related to the issue you experienced.
- OtomotO 4y agoI am on arch for over 10 years and I had issues with audio. They could hear me, but I couldn't here them. Not on speakers, not on headphones. We even tried X11, just to make sure... No idea why I mentioned wayland, I blame it on the temperature, sorry!