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teams is the absolute worst


Have you used Google meet though? Even teams isn't that bad.


All I notice is that my time going from calendar to Teams call is ~30 seconds due to slow site loading and extra clicks. Calendar to Meet call is two clicks and loads instantly with sane defaults for camera/microphone settings. It's significantly better than teams or zoom in those regards.


If you're fully immersed in the Microsoft ecosystem, going from your Outlook calendar to a Teams call is a single click, and the desktop app doesn't take as long to get into the call.


If you're fully immersed in the Microsoft ecosystem I pray for you


I use both and shudder every time I am forced to use the lame web app alternatives to Word, Excel & PowerPoint on desktop - mostly because my child's school runs on web alternatives. Ironically even on Android, Outlook seems to be the only major client that actually provides a unified inbox across mail accounts due to which I switched & use my Gmail accounts through it.


I have used both, and vastly prefer Google Meet. I prefer something that works in Firefox.


Even Zoom works well in Firefox. Still prefer the UX of Google Meet though.


What’s the issue with Meet? It always seems to work when I need it.


Having used both in a professional capacity I have to say Teams is shockingly worse than Google Meet.

I’ve never had my laptop’s sound like an Apache helicopter while on a call with Google Meet yet simply having Teams open had me searching for a bomb shelter.




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