Felix Singer felixsinger@posteo.net writes:
Hi Greg,
thanks for reaching out :)
On Thu, 2022-02-03 at 08:11 -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
However, if I were, then I would reject anything that requires a Google account (or even worse, a facebook account), and also reject anything that requires installing proprietary software.
A Google account for Google Meet is not needed. It depends on the room settings. So I'm wondering, do you reject Google services in general or just if an account is needed?
That's a bit complicated. I find needing accounts (at ad companies) to be the biggest issue, and then there are lesser issues:
Being asked to agree to terms and privacy policy (of google, rather than a separate service with a simple/reasonable policy that only covers that service): I find this objectionable too, and I suspect it would dissuade me from participating about 90% of the time, limiting to the things I really strongly want to participate in. If it's just click and join and no text that tries to claim there is any consent, and the conference itself has a clear privacy policy that prohibits google from retaining the audio and video, it's not so bad. But I don't think people should be asked to grant an advertising company any permission to use or store their image/audio.
I don't think Free Software projects should use proprietary tools, if it's possible/reasonable to avoid them. I realize with videoconferencing that's difficult these days, and it's necessary to make project progress.
(I also realize I'm an outlier; I originally commented privately and was asked to re-comment onlist.)