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by Old_Thrashbarg·6y ago·view on hn ↗
I've been using Jitsi and Google Hangouts for years, and in terms of reliability/quality, I can't really tell any difference. Haven't used Zoom much.

The nice thing about about Jitsi is it's the most simple process I've seen: just tell people to go to a simple vanity URL (URL you get to design) and that's all. I sometimes find Hangouts confusing with all the invitation, accepting, etc.

For people I videochat with often, I just say "jump on Jitsi?", then start typing in URL bar which autocompletes and boom, we're chatting

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Bear in mind that your URL is your password, and you might occasionally get randos joining you if it's too simple a URL. Happened to me once at work, got some giggling people whilst we were pairing, they then hung up immediately :)
There is an option to add password to the meeting on the bottom right hand corner.