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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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[–] kadu@lemmy.world 247 points 7 months ago (37 children)

I've grown with ICQ, MSN Messenger, TeamSpeak, Skype, several local chat apps, then people obsessed with Facebook Messenger, then Snapchat... I just know any particular chatting app is a temporary fad that will eventually end, it's just their cycle. Don't get attached to them.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 86 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Same here. I'm just surprised at how well Signal is holding up.

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 58 points 7 months ago (11 children)

Unfortunately it’s difficult to get people to switch to it

[–] infotainment@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

If only they had functional data backup and export on non-Android platforms…

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