Comment by spondyl

> A few years back, there was something about gaining root on MacOS via Zoom due to shady execution on their end.

> There's no legitimate use for it accessing privileged or private paths.

Well, that was the whole premise that made Zoom popular in the first place! It was a true one click install which made onboarding frictionless for non-technical users

Security wise, it's insane but user experience wise, it was unbeatable and is what solidified their position. It's ironic nowadays that all of those tricks have been stripped away, making it just as painful as any other platform to install on a fresh machine.