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Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform (archive.is)

submitted 7 months ago by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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They supposedly can be disabled in settings- but we all know that won't last. They're going full Microsoft Skype mode and it's only a matter of time.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Well yes, but at the same time if you had to pay a few bucks a month for Lemmy or it only worked on a special app, would you be on it?

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Discord nitro is a thing. They are bleeding money like mofos. There's no more investor money, they are desperate for income.

[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 2 points 7 months ago

sounds like it's time to allow third-party clients distribute the server software, shut down free "servers" and offer paid hosting and support. that would cut costs a great deal.

[–] the_third@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes. In fact, I'm sponsoring the project and I am currently using a special app.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

OK. And how many other people would be here for you to talk to?

[–] the_third@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I remember the times when projects had their own infrastructure or at least used infrastructure they could easily move away from, like irc. It works, we just don't want to anymore.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

I think there's definitely room to have an open source Discord alternative.

IRC with history and images

Voice/video chat

Wiki hosting

Have a client and website that can link right to them and you're away. But again, it's going to cost something to run it, be it hosting fees or a small server in somebody's house along with bandwidth. And Discord doesn't unless you count privacy, which most people don't.