▲ 699 ▼ Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 148 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 39 points 2 years ago (2 children) Now how to move the gaming community to Matrix or XMPP. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) You don't. Gamers, are generally happy to bow to their corporate overlords for some reason. Source: am a gamer. And I admit I do put up with some of that bullshit too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think that behaviour pattern has it's roots in the perceived dominance of Microsoft windows in the gaming sphere - we can fix that by encouraging people to game with linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah I was thinking about exactly that when writing this comment. Windows is one of these things I'm currently putting up with. I'm planning on building a new PC though, and since I love my steam deck I'm wondering if I should try going full Linux with this one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] saintshenanigans@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Would love to if my favorite games weren't all EAC locked on linux permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Emerald@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I just don't run spyware permalink fedilink source parent [–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why? Discord is still as functional as ever. Why would I move platform? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 points 2 years ago Because it locks you out from even seeing the mods and stuff if you don't have an account. Old time forums were better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) You don't. Gamers, are generally happy to bow to their corporate overlords for some reason. Source: am a gamer. And I admit I do put up with some of that bullshit too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think that behaviour pattern has it's roots in the perceived dominance of Microsoft windows in the gaming sphere - we can fix that by encouraging people to game with linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah I was thinking about exactly that when writing this comment. Windows is one of these things I'm currently putting up with. I'm planning on building a new PC though, and since I love my steam deck I'm wondering if I should try going full Linux with this one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] saintshenanigans@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Would love to if my favorite games weren't all EAC locked on linux permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Emerald@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I just don't run spyware permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think that behaviour pattern has it's roots in the perceived dominance of Microsoft windows in the gaming sphere - we can fix that by encouraging people to game with linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah I was thinking about exactly that when writing this comment. Windows is one of these things I'm currently putting up with. I'm planning on building a new PC though, and since I love my steam deck I'm wondering if I should try going full Linux with this one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] saintshenanigans@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Would love to if my favorite games weren't all EAC locked on linux permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Emerald@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I just don't run spyware permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah I was thinking about exactly that when writing this comment. Windows is one of these things I'm currently putting up with. I'm planning on building a new PC though, and since I love my steam deck I'm wondering if I should try going full Linux with this one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] saintshenanigans@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Would love to if my favorite games weren't all EAC locked on linux permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Emerald@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I just don't run spyware permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Emerald@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I just don't run spyware permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why? Discord is still as functional as ever. Why would I move platform? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 points 2 years ago Because it locks you out from even seeing the mods and stuff if you don't have an account. Old time forums were better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 points 2 years ago Because it locks you out from even seeing the mods and stuff if you don't have an account. Old time forums were better. permalink fedilink source parent