A Zoom escape button is the holiday gift everyone actually needs
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The worst part of most Zoom meetings is the end. Not because it’s the moment when we have to lose human connection after being isolated for months during the COVID-19 pandemic. The end of a Zoom meeting is the worst because it’s so dang hard to quickly and gracefully end a call.
With a typical not-Zoom call on a smartphone, you bring the phone down from your ear and tap the end call button. That’s it.
This Man Built An Elaborate Pull Chain To End His Zoom Calls
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Ending calls used to be so satisfying. Slamming down a phone handset. Snapping your RAZR shut. But now? You fumble around the screen, trying to find the one tiny button hidden among a bunch of others. So, one man set out to make ending Zoom calls as gratifying as pulling a chain.