I don’t think people on this sub use it, but it’s great news for us. The worse it gets the likelier people move on.
Looks like Discord will do a Reddit in the near future.
I recommend switching to Matrix.
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
(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…
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.
Looking at all those companies that moved their support to Discord.
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.
