[Consultant32452]

I'm a professional programmer that went to engineering school and I can't be fussed to start up hangouts with anyone. It seems like it takes a full 30 minutes to get everyone in the same hangout and I always feel like a buffoon for suggesting.

[zacharycohn]

You used to be able to press two buttons and have a hangout up, then copy/paste the URL and send it to someone.

Most elegant video chat product in existence.

Then it got super complicated with circles and adding people via their g+ accounts and people who use 3rd party chat programs and permissions etc etc etc..