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This is what CalDAV is for. We don’t need apps. We don’t need Calendly or Google Calendar or some BS.

Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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As someone who needs to let other people schedule time on my calendar without wanting to give them every detail about my personal life I find Calendly to be incredibly useful. But I direct everyone to their website instead of the app, which I’ve never used.

@toastal@lemmy.ml
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You can break those up into private vs. public calendars

Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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Great, now I have two calendars to manage.

@toastal@lemmy.ml
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I mean most calendar apps like the default in LineageOS & ikhal aggregate calendars & have a simple selection + coloring for the two calendars. It isn’t rocket surgery.

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Okay, now how do I get that second calendar’s availability to someone who isn’t using CalDAV so we’re not playing email ping-pong trying to find a time to meet?

@toastal@lemmy.ml
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Why assume everyone else has Google?

Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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I don’t. Most of the people I have to deal with actually use Exchange. Either way, the question stands: How do I share my availability across systems without giving them details about my other meetings?

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Microsoft is the same as the corporate Google overlord. Both entirely evil to the core.

You either create new calendars or you share meetings ad-hoc thru ICS files manually. This probably depends on the type of work you do tho. This would not affect me since I don’t need folks randomly scheduling meetings with me for this to be a thing—instead the “Are you free X?” conversation is quick & painless.

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