Google Meet: Η Google ξέρει σίγουρα πώς να εκμεταλλευτεί τα κενά ασφαλείας που έχουν εντοπιστεί στην εφαρμογή Zoom και την πρόσφατη κατάσταση εργασίας από το home caused by the pandemic.
The Mountain View company announced today that it has its Google Meet video conferencing service free for everyone for now. The service video callGoogle Meet will gradually become available over the next few days, reports the company.
"Since the beginning of May, anyone with an email address post officey can join the Meet service and enjoy many of the features available to them users of business and education packages," said G Suite VP Javier Soltero in a post on company blog.
The rest of the announcement highlights how secure the Meet program is and how it was developed with security in mind.
So Google Meet seems to be a viable alternative. Its application is simple and you can use it with a Google account, which you probably already have.
However, there are reasons why you may want to choose something else, such as Jitsi meet, which is open code, end-to-end encrypted and does not require the use of an account.
The first reason is the trust in products from smaller developer studios, which leads to competition, which in turn can lead to better products. Also, Google is not exactly the company you can trust your private data to, although I think the app it offers is more secure than Zoom
Of course, Google's decision to offer a premium service for free temporarily is a good marketing tactic to steal the "shine" of Zoom and get more users to a service that ultimately intends to charge.
Do not hesitate to take advantage of the offer, as most will find the Google Meet service very easy to use.
But do not laugh: You are still the product.