Is Signal desktop a good alternative to Zoom for work meetings?

DigitalAutonomy:

Signal is not a work product.

You mean it’s not a video conferencing product designed for office businesses. I get that, but if your business or non-profit organization is very small, I could see people in that context having use for it.

In my case it’s technically not a business, it’s a doctor. And doctors, should be more inclined to accommodate their patients’ needs. Also, if I was the rich client of a business, for example the client of a law firm, I would imagine that if I requested it, they would be inclined to accommodate my privacy needs, especially if I pay them a lot of money.

DigitalAutonomy:

Recording feature and such functionality is more enterprise related so I’m only expecting Proton Meet to have this at some point but nowhere in the near future though.

Wait. So Proton Meet currently doesn’t have the ability to record meetings?

If not, thank you for confirming.

I can appreciate the importance of recording meetings for a lot of businesses, and I guess for telehealth. I will have to ask my doctor how she feels about that.

Proton must understand that not being able to record could be a big hurdle for them. I have little doubt they will eventually incorporate it, but I wonder how long it will take. I don’t see it being a priority for Signal, though. It could provide a new revenue stream if it was a paid feature, but IMO, every privacy business that wants to make money should have an option to pay anonymously. Even new business should have that at launch, IMHO. Still waiting on Proton to get on it.