[Kim_Bruning]

Making a separate account on Jitsi would have been fine, but they only allow use of existing centralized account systems from github (microsoft), facebook, or google.

That's Not Good(tm).

Good thing Self-hosting still works I guess. Will have to set it up.

[redserk]

Managing a public authentication service requires ongoing maintenance and monitoring costs. While they could pay a third party to manage it for them, this is a reasonable decision for them to keep costs low.

It doesn’t sound like Jitsi is sending Facebook and Microsoft transcriptions of your meetings so I don’t see why this is a big concern for a free service.

[layer8]

It requires you to have a Microsoft/Facebook/Google account in the first place.

[LightHugger]

Google/microsoft authentication is a platform risk and is basically saying those third parties own all your users. It can and does backfire all the time.

[itake]

Self hosting isn’t exactly anonymous either.

[rebeccaskinner]

Anonymity is in the eyes of the beholder. In this case, self-hosting might make your interactions "anonymous" in the eyes of Google, Microsoft, or Meta, even if it doesn't make you anonymous to whatever platform you use to host the software.