@searls Yeah. I wish we could figure out how to either sell Dropbox to one of those so it's still available, or get somebody to offer a Dropbox-quality product.

Google Drive... exists. And it's still better than most other Dropbox competitors. But I have to use it for work, and it's really no Dropbox.

@searls that whole skirting security on installation thing didn’t help them. All government institutions dropped them after that

@searls Dropping it...for what instead?

@searls Yeah, drop Zoom for what else? Like the alternatives are so much better? 🤔

@searls it’s unfortunate. Its quality of service is still head and shoulders above competitive features embedded in other tools (slack, google meet, teams). So much so that I still use it instead of more seamless options. The only exception is Around for some teams I’m on. But its familiarity with most folks is rare enough that I reach for Zoom for anyone but teams already using it.

@searls but for what? Google is meh, teams is mediocre, there aren’t really a lot of competitors out there.

@searls it’s also unfortunately the only video chat software that doesn’t break on my computer constantly and so I pay for a personal plan and use it for all of my business meetings

@searls yup, my company is weighing the options now (we're only like 50ppl) and my wife's company completely shifted away (i think they have like 500 employees?)