Interesting..
Looks like a dev replied in the HackerNews discussion:
Jitsi dev here. We are currently revisiting this. It exists because in cases such as when Jitsi Meet is being embdeed there are pre-join pages provided externally by the “host” site. We will be limiting how this can be used going forward.
Funny how they didn’t say anything before and just when it became public gaining traction, they respond. Not a good look by them.
How hard is it for companies to be normal and honest and transparent with that’s half your job in the first place given your product.