Felix Singer <felixsin...@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.)
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