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Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade (www.neowin.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I am a big fan of Matrix and glad to see it getting some attention in this post. But it is definitely a bit rougher around the edges and esoteric compared to Discord. For more technically-inclined people, it's fine. But it's a bit much for some people.

I'm no fan of Apple (and don't want to divert discussion here), but part of their winning formula is ease of use.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    That is why XMPP is still superior, both for hosting and usage.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    2^32 different incompatible extensions for receiving images and an inability to receive messages when offline. Glorious.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Have you used this protocol at all? You CAN receive messages when offline, this is not IRC. And media uploads don't seem to be such a problem.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, I have. With various clients. It sucked.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I just don't get what you're referring to when it comes to "not receiving messages while offline". The only thing that comes to mind that does this by design is OTR, but that's outdated anyway...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    OMEMO didn't allow it either, and IIRC I couldn't do it while doing it in plaintext either.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Weird, never got such issues. OMEMO is what I use in my DMs, and it was designed with offline messages in mind (and it does work for me). I know this sounds like "works on my machine", but this is the first time I hear about this happening consistently.

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