Jitsi, the open-source video conferencing platform, now requires a Google, Microsoft, or Facebook account for their online service
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While Jitsi is open-source, most people use the platform they provide, meet.jit.si, for immediate conference calls. They have now introduced a "Know Your Customer" policy and require at least one of the attendees to log in with a Facebook, Github (Microsoft), or Google account.
One option to avoid this is to self-host, but then you'll be identifiable via your domain and have to maintain a server.
As a true alternative to Jitsi, there's jami.net. It is a decentralized conference app, free open-source, and account creation is optional. It's available for all major platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android), including on F-Droid.
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Because these three provide federated login most email providers do not.
I didn't think I'd unironically hear "This is an advantage because now one company controls all your logins" as a reply to privacy concerns.
I didn’t say that. Security and privacy are nearly opposites. This is a security decision.