[macspoofing]

>Zoom is objectively a good software solution but being de facto forced to install yet another piece of software just to take business meetings has left a sour taste in my mouth.

No kidding. I can't tell conferencing clients apart anymore. I have the following installed: GotoMeeting, WebEX, JoinMe, Zoom, Hangouts Meet, BlueJeans and every other week I'll get invited to a meeting hosted by yet another one (last week someone hosted a meeting with one called 'ringcentral'). They are all about the same, and I can't tell them apart anymore.

[leesalminen]

Just want to warn people about RingCentral. We were a paying customer for years but usage was quite low so we decided to replace it with Twilio for telephony and Zoom for video conferencing. Saves us $100/Mo or so.

I called RingCentral to cancel the service (can’t cancel online) and was assured we wouldn’t be billed again. What do you know, we were indeed billed again. I called in to dispute this and was told they had no record of my previous call and my service was not canceled. They refused to refund the money. I hung up and called back 1 minute later. They changed my security questions so that nobody would be able to talk to me about my account. I ended up filing a chargeback.

Never buy RingCentral. What an awful company.

[presscast]

I'm seriously thinking about refusing to take meetings on software I don't already have.

I strongly suspect it won't actually change anything, but so far I've been too chicken to actually try.

[macspoofing]

It isn't worth the hassle. If you do push back, the other party won't care. They'll have you book the meeting and set up the conference call instead.

[mgadams3]

I believe that ring central now just white labels zooms infra

[ec109685]

If you are a chrome user, you don’t need to install Meet.