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Discord is on a quest to become a better messaging app (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Alright, replies to my initial comment got me motivated to look for the receipts:

https://discord.com/blog/how-discord-stores-billions-of-messages

yes discord saves every message forever, to an extent that they are almost certainly breaking GDPR laws.

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/rsxeee/you_should_never_use_discord_and_heres_why/

https://meaww.com/discord-who-owns-jason-citron-microsoft-acquisition-company-net-worth-10-b-talks

I heard this argument so long ago that basically Discord doesnt sell data but instead shares it with shareholders, which includes many ad companies, including tencent. They probably give this data to their linked partners like twitch and Microsoft. Discord still isnt profitable and they are a public company, they are expected to exhaust every opportunity to give value to those shareholders.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90157501/how-widely-do-companies-share-user-data-heres-a-chilling-glimpse

https://stallman.org/discord.html

[–] deranger@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks! I’ll take a look this evening.