[dwightgunning]

> While $599 may seem like a steep price to pay for a Zoom-calling device when you can already Zoom from a phone or computer, the idea seems to be that it’s an easy way for newly remote employees to jump right into Zoom without having to deal with installing the software or setting up any complex equipment.

Hang on a minute... their partner manufactured hardware product is easier to setup than their own software?

How hard is it to install on the major OSes?

Seems like a strange angle.

[mNovak]

Yeah, this is sort of a silly statement from Verge. I suspect the point is to bring dedicated and high quality videoconferencing equipment into the home, so we don't have to deal with low quality, below face level webcams. I have to imagine the Cisco stuff you see in boardrooms costs quite a bit more.

Of course this hinges heavily on the quality of the user's WLAN / internet connection.

[wmf]

We've trained people to be unable to install apps.