And then in August, "We are now shifting to a partner-only model with Zoom technology embedded in partner offerings, which will provide better local support to users in Mainland China." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/zoom-ends-sales-to-customers-in-china/ar-BB17wfGb
Interesting bit: The U.S. company was founded by Eric Yuan, a Chinese immigrant who is now a U.S. citizen, but its product development team is "largely" based in China, according to a regulatory filing.
Eric Yuan's come-up looks like a textbook Clown Op. His wikipedia is short, sweet and reeks of a bullshit story. Inspired by Bill Gates. Zoom went public in 2019. Too convenient. And now China is probably busy mining the entire world's data from zoom meetings, school, medical, you name it.
Yes, I heard someone on the radio today saying that we should shut down Zoom entirely. That would bring everyone back to school and work. We should see how this could be accomplished. I had to do a couple of classes on Zoom and it was just horrible, and I refused to do any more. I felt so disconnected from the students. So bad, and then the next week (no major snowstorm) I was back and it was wonderful. People with people. No masks, of course. END ZOOM NOW!!