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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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[-] CluelessDude@lemmy.zip 22 points 7 months ago

Imagine using discord without Vencord, I'm sure someone will add a plug-in to remove all its crap at least I hope so, it already has some really good ones that give you access to free nitro bs.

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[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

I've been keeping an eye on Matrix if discord keeps getting worse. It is awful trying to look up guides or important info in discord's format.

[-] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago

There's also Element which feels a lot like discord. The problem though isn't moving to a new platform, it's convincing the masses to do the same.

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[-] irotsoma@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

Not related to the article itself, but I'm curious why use of archive.is has become so popular around here considering that they refuse to provide DNS replies without edns personal information attached? I'm not familiar with the politics involved, but a lot of DNS providers are getting blocked by archive.is for not providing that info, including my own home DNS server and cloud flare 1.1.1.1 and many others, so I'm surprised to see it gaining popularity on Lemmy.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I use the .is link for everything because it's the only way to reliably get into most of the paywalled articles form sites like WSJ. The other archive sites have already been blacklisted and get served a paywalled copy or blank "please enable javascript" page.

I knew nothing of it's DNS funkiness.

[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Do you have an alternative that it would be reasonable for people to know about?

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

It was either that or they start charging. They're gonna piss people of either way but at least it's still free.

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[-] SacrificedBeans@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

In the past month I noticed ads inside Viber desktop (it's used a lot here, instead of WhatsApp)

Later I got a call from a friend that his windows defender picked up a trojan in Viber files.. Next day I got it too.

I shit you not, they let out an update with malware, on a popular chat app. I uninstalled and got the next update, with blind trust, I can't migrate atm...

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[-] suckmyspez@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Discord is a sack of shit anyways…I don’t get the obsession?

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 7 months ago

It's decent for voice chat in games.

I'm not sure why it became the open source world's documentation platform of choice.

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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

After however many years I finally joined two discord instances for some niche topics where community was hard to find elsewhere.

I haven't used IRC in a few years I admit, but I'm a few months in with discord, and so far it has never stopped feeling like IRC with a confusing interface, a gaudy new coat of paint, and emojis everywhere.

I have no idea why it's seemingly the ONLY place anyone wants to create an interactive community anymore for so many things.

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[-] munk83uk@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

https://revolt.chat/ Cope, but would be good for this to become a thing.

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[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 15 points 7 months ago

how do you get more money out of a product once you reach a point where anyone who will ever use it is already using it?

less money out, more money in, which is to say you make it shittier and more expensive. Remember, you're only as good as your most recent revenue change.

[-] Muffi@programming.dev 14 points 7 months ago

Been happily off discord ever since the CEO's disastrous, anti-encryption speech at the "Protecting Children Online" hearing. Evil little dude, that guy is.

[-] summerof69@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago

Investors, who made Discord possible, want to earn money. It's totally understandable.

[-] 5too@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

I would rather say it’s “predictable”, rather than “understandable”. Perhaps even, “no better than we can expect”. Calling this “understandable” tends to normalize greed for greed’s sake.

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[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

I just noticed this today.. I barely even use discord. Now I really don't like it.

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