Zoom
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
29warn against
Nov 5, 2025first mention
Oct 26, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Zoom just works on the other hand.”
“Video calls and meetings we use Zoom.”
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“Unlike teams, zoom generally just works. Quite well in fact.”
Caveats and dissent
“it sometimes had weird glitches where it just… deletes the videos I recorded”
works at a university, makes lecture videoson “OBS Studio 33”
“I notice the browser version is a little resource intensive.”
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“zoom has caused several security worries at work and we don't even use it.”
works on corporate securityon “Linux Zoom client proactively reading everything wri…”
“They've lost my trust since then, and I'll only run it sandboxed”
Often compared with
Microsoft Teams23 comments mention both
2 moved from Zoom to Microsoft Teams
Slack13 comments mention bothGoogle Meet7 comments mention both
Jitsi3 comments mention both
1 moved from Zoom to Jitsi
Visual Studio Code5 comments mention both
OBS Studio2 comments mention both
1 moved from Zoom to OBS StudiomacOS4 comments mention both
Claude3 comments mention both
2 moved from Zoom to Microsoft Teams
1 moved from Zoom to Jitsi
1 moved from Zoom to OBS StudiomacOS4 comments mention both
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Linux Zoom client proactively reading everything written to X11 clipboard 5 mentions
- I'll pass on your zoom call. 4 mentions
- Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux 4 mentions
- Zoom activated my mic and played "recording in progress" at 4AM 2 mentions
- Zoom is now Chrome only 2 mentions
- France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US 2 mentions
Data: zoom.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 40
“Open on my desktop right now: Slack, Outlook, Zoom, Windows Terminal, Edge, Claude, Obsidian, whatever the Windows image viewer is called, Cursor, and VS Code”
“it sometimes had weird glitches where it just… deletes the videos I recorded”
“on zoom for the non-locals”
“It's what we use at work”
“I notice the browser version is a little resource intensive.”
“zoom has caused several security worries at work and we don't even use it.”
“the video quality in the browser is worse, so depending on the use case I might have to use the app (via sandbox)”
“They've lost my trust since then, and I'll only run it sandboxed”
“the state of common VoIP (Teams/Slack/Zoom/whatever) is also usually not very good”
“Zoom, Slack are still missing native binaries”
I'm going to give it a shot, thanks!
You could start with a data subject access request: https://zoom-privacy.my.onetrust.com/webform/65962359-ef0d-4399-9db4-572d06de08aa/f277f9f7-bfee-4233-815e-80e290139bc2.
“One of the more famous abusers was Zoom”
“Zoom somehow turned into something like Skype, post acquisition.”
“I use Zoom frequently, but always find it to be exhausting.”
“I got sick of being on Zoom calls and having things lag or glitch”
“Meeting notifications steal my focus”
“Mozilla has a User-Agent override intervention for Zoom on Android”
“Mozilla has a User-Agent override intervention for Zoom on Android”
“That plus slack, zoom, ff with scores of tabs”
“Zoom app can't share display even if everything for that is provided”
“I go out of my way to avoid Zoom if I possibly can.”
“Zoom misled users by claiming “end-to-end, 256-bit encryption” when it actually provided a lower level of security”
I use a 2012 Samsung ultrabook with Arch for light coding, web and limited image editing sometimes while traveling; while fairly beat up, recently I replaced the battery in it for 10 bucks in 20 minutes; it was also probably like a fifth of the price. And with Linux you don't have to worry about a specific kit lasting a long time - it just runs anyway.
“Call quality was way better than a modern Teams or Zoom call”
“Zoom is 500MB”
“I use both from the browser now because they are both abusive.”
“I have to use zoom professionally with writing tablet on my laptop for hours daily.”
“we use GSuite - Zoom and Slack.”
“and also on zoom meetings”
“the only thing I ran on it was VSCode, Safari and Zoom”
I have an M1 with 8GB and M2 with 16GB, and they are not comparable. I once ran the M2 smoothly for over 250 days without reboot with a bunch of applications open the whole time (at some point it just force-rebooted, fair enough). On the other hand I regretted the 8GB on my M1 Mini every time I used it. 8GB is perfectly fine for light use, but I'd argue if that's enough then you don't need the power of an M1+ process
“for Zoom meetings”
“Zoom has a 1 hour meeting limit for free accounts”
“Zoom/Gong/Microsoft Teams knows every conversation yoh have with a client”
“The only thing they have in common is that are slow, laggy, difficult to use”
“I use it to run Zoom meetings”
“where Zoom or Webex are the only games in town”
“using Zoom or something else like Jitsi on the side”
“His funeral will be streamed via Zoom”