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Ditch Zoom for these video chat apps
Zoom is still the most popular video calling services out there right now, but with Google Meet now being free, Facetime’s ease of use, and Skype’s many Zoom like features, Zoom has some competition.
Zoom is still the most popular video calling services out there right now, but with Google Meet now being free, Facetime’s ease of use, and Skype’s many Zoom like features, Zoom has some competition.
Speed Racer
May 9, 2020 at 4:57 pm
This is so important, why everyone started using a company nobody has heard of when all here options have been available
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:23 am
Interesting observation bro. I wonder why that happens.
nerdaterp
May 9, 2020 at 5:06 pm
Please caption your videos for Deaf and Hard of Hearing subscribers. We need this information too.
James Dubben
May 9, 2020 at 5:44 pm
Did I miss the security comments about skype?
Mario Urdaneta
May 9, 2020 at 5:53 pm
Helpful comparison, thanks.
jaychokshi
May 9, 2020 at 6:24 pm
Duo is trash, no wonder it never took off
justinisasquare
May 9, 2020 at 6:33 pm
For being in front of the camera for the first time, this was a great video! Short and too the point. You effectively gave a nice rundown of all the video platforms you mentioned and key features. Great job!
Huiibin SHERRY
May 9, 2020 at 6:42 pm
I would try Google meet for my next content! Thanks!!
Zach Wilkinson
May 9, 2020 at 8:05 pm
Great job for a first-timer. I love your deadpan shtick.
StevieLil
May 9, 2020 at 8:12 pm
i think companies like Google, Microsoft… etc paid these ppl to talk this
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:17 am
You think therefore it is? I see!
Anna - I love S*X : * TAP ON MY PHOTO
May 9, 2020 at 8:16 pm
go on, bro 😉
Rioske
May 9, 2020 at 8:29 pm
Any app instead of zoom, good video 👍😋
Alex JustAlex
May 9, 2020 at 9:07 pm
What a waste of time – fire this idiot. Zoom was dominant with everyone that needs video for a reason. He’s recommending SKYPE!?? EVERYONE with ANY other option HATES Skype. It’s like saying “Hey, I know cars are all the rage, but have you heard of crawling on your bare knees?”. Microsoft doesn’t seem to recommend Skype because they put all of their effort into MS Teams (which is kind of nice and totally unmentioned of course).
Jurgen Suppan
May 9, 2020 at 9:22 pm
Zoom just works, and it does it with high quality. But it should be overlooked that it is a business solution and not a consumer product. Means it comes with an ecosystem of video endpoints and apps. The main competitors are WebEx and Teams and not Facetime. Google just stopped developing their product (as usual) and Skype is not intended to be a business product
Ou8y2k2
May 9, 2020 at 10:23 pm
Where is Cisco’s Webex? It’s one of the best end-to-end encrypted video chat options that supports windows, iOS, and android.
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:28 am
Thank you brother. I’ll Google it. You’re the 4th to mention it.
monado sir
May 9, 2020 at 10:39 pm
I don’t think FaceTime supports screenshare rip
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:24 am
I mean who wants to share a screen of someone sitting on your face? PLEASE!
Alee
May 9, 2020 at 10:40 pm
Skype
Lord Alcomendras Vlogs
May 9, 2020 at 11:00 pm
We always prefer for Free services.
John Chvatal
May 9, 2020 at 11:37 pm
I use Vectera for business meetings and meeting with web design clients.
Shane P.
May 10, 2020 at 12:05 am
TEAMS ftw !!!!
Simon P
May 10, 2020 at 12:11 am
I like Google Duo although it can get a bit packed at times.
I like Zoom as it’s quite easy to use but only appears to do portrait on an iPhone.
I haven’t tried Google Meet yet but I’ve been told its very good.
I have had Skype for years but not used it a lot until recently and still don’t use it a lot.
Jorge Arellano
May 10, 2020 at 12:14 am
What a disappointing video. I was expecting to know about apps I’ve never heard of and you come up with Skype? FaceTime? Google Meet? Really? What about Whereby for instance?
Richard Servello
May 10, 2020 at 12:39 am
Zoom is terrible! Google meet is free now and so much better for a lot of reasons
Kudi Bliss
May 10, 2020 at 12:41 am
Google owned by Google.
Skype owned by Microsoft.
Facetime owned by Apple.
Zoom owned by chinese guy who’s made billions in the last 3 months.
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:21 am
You’ve changed my life with that very enlightening and informative elucidation. I’ll never forget you.
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:22 am
I lied – who are you? 😛
Juanito Cardona
May 10, 2020 at 1:00 am
GREAT JOB !!!!!
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:27 am
Yeah great job but he’s gonna get fired if he begs like that again.
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:19 am
This is the worst presenter i’ve ever seen. Please put him out of his misery and fire him!
Default System Profile
May 10, 2020 at 1:45 am
Due is nice . Webex slow and picky. Microsoft apps teams and skype both app problems. Gotomeeting worse and worse. Zoom is fine for what it is everything is different and they pretty much have the beat video and ease of use. For that zoom blows away competition
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:46 am
I had to uninstall Google Remote Desktop yesterday after someone hacking me through a LIVE YouTube chatroom query. I was watching Carey Holzman and commenting. Never again. I guess they were sniffing chat packets. Very sad. I loved that app. They tried to install an .exe which they put in my Temp Folder. If it wasn’t for RollbackRX creating a popup window telling me it’s creating a snapshot i wouldn’t have known and would have rebooted with a new service. Just saying.
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:52 am
By the way i saw google remote firing up a couple of entries in Task Manager.
Jack Ladd
May 10, 2020 at 1:53 am
RolbackRX restored everything to clean state. I uninstalled GRD and created a new snapshot.
Dan W
May 10, 2020 at 2:51 am
Jitsi-meet is my choice. Free, Open Source, optionally you can host your own servers, no accounts needed for users and end to end encrypted.
Harigopal Dasa
May 10, 2020 at 4:20 am
Zoom free was picked-up for comparison to be comparing apples to apples. However Google Meet free version doesn’t have recording unless you are an Enterprise GSuite customer. Google meet is good in many ways but featurewise is not the best atleast in it’s current form.
Adrian Arroyo
May 10, 2020 at 4:55 am
Facetime
Sean Rivera
May 10, 2020 at 6:26 am
You forgot to mention, you don’t need a Google account to join a Meet session. Only the host needs to login to schedule (or create) a Meet session and email / invite the other participants. Also, on PCs & Macs it’s all done thru the web browser. No app to install.
Greg Lindner
May 10, 2020 at 1:25 pm
From my experience you need a Google account to use the app on a phone. Setting up the app for me always asks for a Google account. No other option.
TL
May 10, 2020 at 8:21 am
You did well on your first video. Thanks for the content.
MrJupiter65
May 10, 2020 at 11:00 am
Thank you so much! I live in low-income housing here in San Francisco. We were looking for video chat for all of our residents and all three buildings. A lot of disabled or elderly. The OnePlus is they all have Android lifeline assistance phones. This will be a lot easier for everyone to use. Your video is great by the way. Make more!
Matthew Richardson
May 10, 2020 at 11:47 am
Would have been more useful if the focus was completely on platform agnostic services.
Gern Den
May 10, 2020 at 12:19 pm
Zoom is DOOMed
Ron Crouch
May 10, 2020 at 1:49 pm
Jitsi – it’s open source, no sign up needed. You can run your own private server if you want (but you don’t have to). Apps for Android and iOS, and you can use a browser on laptops.
Bill George
May 10, 2020 at 5:32 pm
I want the aloha shirt you are wearing in the Facetime segment! What brand is it?
Bruce Wayne
May 11, 2020 at 11:36 am
Sounds like paid video .
Kongolox
May 11, 2020 at 1:03 pm
u did good! keep it up
Atlanta Prin
May 11, 2020 at 5:12 pm
You forgot to mention Google duo you can do family calls with Google Duo
J Fitzpatrick
May 11, 2020 at 7:21 pm
Google Duo works with
BOTH iOS & Android OS.