Looks like Discord will do a Reddit in the near future.
I recommend switching to Matrix.
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2024
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the problem isn't switching, the problem is making all the other people using It to switch too, not everyone cares about security or ads
There's also privacy issues with Matrix:
- Account deletion on Discord: username becomes [deleted]
- Account deletion on Matrix: will not delete username
- GDPR-compliant account deletion on Matrix: will not delete username
Discord is also one (admittedly very lousy) company, while Matrix starts with the privacy issues and just gets worse
Edit x2: I can't place a parenthesis to save my life
Go, change it! It's open source.
Shit takes time bro. We're all trying not to starve to death here.
Looking at all those companies that moved their support to Discord.
Discord can do shit like this because they know many won't ever try to use an alternative. You need more than just "open source" "privacy" or "FOSS" to convince people.
(Last I checked) From this spreadsheet, Discord is the fourth worst messaging platform in terms of privacy. Now a new row for "Has ads" will have to be added...
People aren't going to move on. Some of you really live in a bubble when it comes to this stuff. Users complained about ads on Facebook, reddit, Twitter, YouTube and everything else and no matter how many times you guys declare those services dead the reality is that they are still the default for most. Even in the unlikely scenario that a large amount of users do permanently leave, they won't migrate to the privacy respecting service you want them to.
I don't use discord but I don't think it's a bad idea. Those servers costs money
They already can support them:
Discord generated $445 million revenue in 2022, an 42% increase year-on-year
They are getting greedy it has nothing to do with server cost
Revenue alone doesn't mean much, how much was profit?
Tried to find net, didn't find a lot of info on it but I also didn't try very hard. If anyone finds I'm very curious what it is.
They’re not public anyone who’s seen it has signed an nda.