[tyingq]

Because the bar was pretty low. GoToMeeting, WebEx, etc, were all significantly worse in UI, video stability, features, etc.

[palata]

Google Meet was there before the pandemic, and Jitsi (for an open source alternative) too.

[browningstreet]

Companies needed interoperability (sales, vendor conversations, etc) really fast in the pandemic and not being Google, Microsoft, etc., helped Zoom in a big way.

[dv_dt]

Google meet wasn’t far behind - but it was behind in quality vs zoom. And it wants to herd every user into getting a google account - if you wanted to just meet online with a random group of people zoom had the fewest hurdles.

[bombcar]

The simplicity of a non-ecosystem user joining is the key to zoom success.