[rstuart4133]

The law actually requires the companies MITM the video to give them access. It doesn't place any requirement on the end user.

So use a solution that doesn't put a company in the middle. Use open source, E2E encrypt with keys secured by the user and not central server and you are good. One solution available now - Signal.

Despite the heat being laid on Zoom, they have no choice. Any platform that does mixing to produce a composite image with Picture in Picture like Zoom does has no choice. That includes Hangouts, Skype and so on. They do it to save bandwidth - something I've been grateful for.

[fulafel]

PIP or other effects can be done well on client side eg with WebGL or nultiple canvases.

Possibly you can save on BW by server processing - far from "no choice" however.