This has only gotten worse. Zoom has always been a stack of dark patterns, but now if you want to join a meeting for the browser, if you click the meeting link it takes you to a page that starts an unrequested download of the app, requires you to click another link ti get to the meeting. There, it will tell you you must be logged in (if accounts are a requirement, which they should be for most orgs). However, you can’t log in from that page. You need to navigate backward, to the original unwanted download page, where it will start the download again, and then click the “create account” link (there is no sign in link), click “existing account”, sign in, and then start the whole process over because they take you to your “dashboard” where the meeting tied to your account isn’t visible. Once in the meeting, most features are disabled and getting sound to work is a crapshoot.
It’s somewhat telling how bad they make the browser experience. I would never install it to any device.