Gregory's Server
@J12t for me, the biggest issue with Zoom was AI training and the fact that they were exposed as not actually have working encryption.
There are many public instances
https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/community/community-instances/
from trusted communities like framasoft and the fsf for example.
However, I see your point, that many would not explore other options than the main instance. A similar issue to all fediverse applications like Mastodon as well.
@lps @J12t Perhaps there is also the nerd influencer aspect at work. I use a community hosted Jitsi instance and tell others about Jitsi and so trust is transitive: a handful of people now like Jitsi even if they don’t use a community hosted instance. It’s not necessary for all those who like Jitsi to use a community hosted instance.