"How can we make slack even worse?"

Any exec who makes people use that should be fired

Look, no offense, but had you check the github Readme, or the previous comments, as it is mentioned several times, and you would have found that it is just an integration of LiveKit in their internal communication system, called Tchap, and Tchap is just a customized non-federated Matrix server.

No wheel reinvented.

My guess would be that its because La Suite tries to replace all of Microsoft Office and having all the moving parts under your organisations control makes it easier to create a fully integrated office suite that offers the same UX throughout. Also Jitsi is owned by 8x8, a US company, which might have factored into the decision to create something new.

The development is quite transparent. The team is looking at reduced development and more integration, so instead of "pouring money on a project", they tried various solutions, and picked the "best one".

One criteria was an integration with their internal communication system: Tchap, essentially a Matrix server. The Matrix video call group didn't cut it because it requires ElementX, and apparently there are unresolved issue there (no idea if it's the app itself or due to customization of their Matrix server). They ended up with Visio, that is not a "new" solution: it's based on LiveKit.

https://github.com/tchapgouv/tchap-product/issues/259

Also, French engineering has a habit of turning sound concepts into messy overengineerd but underbuilt results

Any example ?

I believe this was mostly about stability with 100+ meeting participants. This is second hand information though.

Have you tried selfhosting it? For me, it was unusable, despite a beefy cloud server, even for just 2 people. And thats ignoring setup complexity.

This one is optimized and kubernetes ready, which makes it super easy. Will try out soon.

As others said, large meetings with many video feeds at the same time.

Folks, you won't believe how yuge these discounts are. The biggliest discounts ever. Many people are saying they've never seen one as big as this. Also, new 500% tarrifs on anyone who doesn't buy office365.

Because it's free, convenient, and works. And it's a git project so the code is already distributed, so if Trump has another tantrum and decides the EU can't use any American tech, the deleted PRs and issues would be annoying but we'll still have the code.

Zoom has poor encryption. I have seen targeted ads a day after discussing very specific chemical reagents on zoom.

This tool is developed for France's administration, not for the public. They host the servers. So I don't think e2ee is indeed a requirement.

Its FOSS (or I guess FLOSS for this case since they are French lol), meaning it doesn't matter if the people creating the app are "good" or "bad" actors. A "good" actor can always create a fork or host their own instance.

It's literally the third word on the github readme of the project linked I'm the post :

Powered by LiveKit

Lovekiy is an open source framework for voice and video conferencing

Because that's the French word for it, a visioconférence.

Outlook was trademarked.