This is really nice, but who is paying for all the infrastructure and bandwidth? Are there more details?
It's P2P, like most videoconferencing. The server part is just for session management.
And firewall punching etc
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#12What’s up with the name? I’m never going to get my boss on board with a malware-looking name like that.
Slightly surprised by the response, Jitsi seems fine to me. Is it worse than Slack?
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#14This is really nice, but who is paying for all the infrastructure and bandwidth? Are there more details?
There's this text at the bottom of https://jitsi.org/ page:
Jitsi is proudly powered by an awesome open source community — and 8×8.
8x8 looks like a commercial product based on Jitsi: https://www.8x8.com/
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#15I agree that it's an awful name but it's a superb app! Can't believe this is open-sourced.
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#16That's the problem. This is supposed to be the time for Jitsi to be widely used and is a credible and a privacy-respecting, open-source alternative to Zoom. But will it break out from the free and open source audiences and reach into the mainstream where Zoom is? I hope so and it should.
Open-source, iOS and Android apps, self-hosting, video chat and first class web client support are all attractive and competing required features to stand a chance against Zoom and aside from its technical merits, it just needs to be more aggressive in marketing itself to capture some mindshare. Or even the name its should be changed to something less clever and to a more user friendly one which could be a start...
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
+1 this is an awful name if you want to get anyone serious on board. Seems super scammy.
I don't get a malware/scam vibe from the name, but I'm probably missing something. What makes you think that?
I also think it’s a horrible name, reminds me of “Tootsie” and an equally ugly logo to match.
These things are subjective but if enough people hate it, perhaps it’s important to look into it.
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#18I was looking at the Matrix clients yesterday, to set up a video chat room for elderly relatives. Everything seems just a bit too confusing or unpolished. I want something simple, functional and cross platform. At the moment I’m feeling Zoom with scheduled meeting times is probably the best bet. I’ll test this out, but does anyone have any other thoughts, or any non-proprietary recommendations?
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#19This is really nice, but who is paying for all the infrastructure and bandwidth? Are there more details?
It's P2P, like most videoconferencing. The server part is just for session management.
> like most videoconferencing
Well, if there's only 2, maybe 3 of you – anything beyond that is going to use a server to host the call for reliability.
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#20We have a lot of experience working with Jitsi Meet, if anyone has questions integrating Jitsi, free to send me an email john@taskade.com. Happy to help!