[HN Gopher] Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative
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       Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2025-02-27 20:38 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | jasonpeacock wrote:
       | Chime was pretty basic, but it worked, and it had a few killer
       | features that are not available in the primary alternatives like
       | Teams or Zoom.
       | 
       | Chime can autodial you when the meeting starts, which is life-
       | changing if you haven't experienced it. We all know we have a
       | meeting at 2pm, Outlook reminds you 15min before, but then at
       | 1:58pm you get nerd-sniped and suddenly at 2:11pm you realize
       | you're late! With Chime the the meeting launches automatically
       | with Accept/Decline options, usually 1min before the meeting
       | actually starts.
       | 
       | Chime also allows a meeting to start before (or even without) the
       | host attending. How often have you had a meeting scheduled by
       | senior leader, then they get pulled away and everyone is stuck in
       | the virtual waiting room and end up coordinating/meeting in Slack
       | instead? With Chime, the meeting starts anyway and the host can
       | join when (if) they become available.
        
         | gruez wrote:
         | >Chime also allows a meeting to start before (or even without)
         | the host attending. How often have you had a meeting scheduled
         | by senior leader, then they get pulled away and everyone is
         | stuck in the virtual waiting room and end up
         | coordinating/meeting in Slack instead? With Chime, the meeting
         | starts anyway and the host can join when (if) they become
         | available.
         | 
         | Not sure about other videoconferencing services but I never had
         | this issue with zoom.
        
           | temp_praneshp wrote:
           | I'm almost sure this is a pretty common Zoom feature, I have
           | run into this at least once a month the last 6-7 years.
           | 
           | IMO, it's less a Zoom problem, and more a setting on the
           | host's side problem. Same category as "guest cannot move a
           | meeting invite unless explicitly allowed to" on google
           | calendar.
        
             | robertlagrant wrote:
             | Yes, it's a config option in Zoom meetings.
        
         | tj-teej wrote:
         | My favorite feature is that the little mic next to someone's
         | name on the roster goes red when their internet is spotty. No
         | ambiguity on who's internet is spotty ;)
        
         | pests wrote:
         | > Chime can autodial you when the meeting starts
         | 
         | There is an older gentleman on TikTok that does programmer
         | humor. He has an ongoing gag this reminded me of. Microsoft
         | PowerInterrupt. Be forced to join meetings basically. Funny
         | it's almost an actual real life product.
        
       | robertlagrant wrote:
       | Hats off to whomever named Amazon Chime. Always made me smile.
        
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