• Libra00
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    419 days ago

    Welp, good thing I don’t use discord on mobile. We’ll see how it goes when they come to desktop.

      • Libra00
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        118 days ago

        I’ve literally never noticed an ad on desktop since I joined discord in like 2010.

      • Libra00
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        218 days ago

        Yeah I was thinking about that if desktop gets ads, cause at least ublock origin can block most things.

    • @[email protected]
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      1819 days ago

      These are the desktop ads that are already there, they’re bringing the quests (that, for now, have an off switch) to mobile

  • @[email protected]
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    5919 days ago

    Oh. This is their vision quest optional ad thing. Not that its great but these exist on desktop already, and can be completely disabled in settings. This post just now reminded me that they made that, I turned it off and completely forgot.

    They also say that the option to disable it will exist on mobile too. Its shitty that there are ads at all but this is about the least offensive option I’ve ever seen. Can’t promise it won’t creep out and get worse later but yeah.

    • @[email protected]
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      1219 days ago

      Its shitty that there are ads

      i mean there has to be a way to fund the business. ads are fine as long as there is a way to remove them through options or paying a reasonable fee.

      • subignition
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        2219 days ago

        They already offer a subscription service. And on top of that they have not-so-microtransactions in their shop.

      • Stern
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        2619 days ago

        The setting says “If you opt out you might still see Quest promotions, but they won’t be personalized to your activity”. I’m on Nitro Basic (The 3 dollar a month plan.) and I don’t see any method for disabling them completely.

        • @[email protected]
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          1119 days ago

          I pay for Nitro yearly to the tune of $15 a month and the ads cannot be disabled, only hidden after they come up.

          So yeah, I’ve cancelled my subscription, this is only going to get worse, especially once they’re completely beholden to shareholders.

          • @[email protected]
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            018 days ago

            Huh? I’ve disabled quests entirely on my desktop. I don’t see them AT ALL.

            I’m not sure about mobile because I’m on a very outdated version.

            • @[email protected]
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              118 days ago

              I promise I’m not completely stupid, but the first time I saw an ad I went looking for ways to never see them again and came up with nothing. I’ll look again, though!

          • @[email protected]
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            218 days ago

            Yeahhh ive supported discord for about 5 years now with full nitro and if they’re going to show me ads no matter what then I’m canceling right now.

            I had hope when they rejected Microsoft’s offer. But they were just waiting for the bigger fish.

  • @[email protected]
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    11119 days ago

    Our mission is to create the most authentic, player-centric advertising platform in the galaxy

    Look, the quiet part, right in the open.

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      518 days ago

      Shame its not federated. Makes the self hosting aspect kinda unappealing if I’d need to access a different instance for different servers.

  • @[email protected]
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    3519 days ago

    What an excellent place to remind people of the Free and Open Source Element project built upon the Matrix platform.

    They, in my opinion, desperately need contributors to provide the same level of features as Discord, particularly with community and moderation features such as a landing page where users can agree with rules and terms before using the server.

    https://element.io/blog/element-to-adopt-agplv3/

    https://github.com/element-hq/element-web

    • @[email protected]
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      1119 days ago

      https://reddthat.com/post/37286760

      I like Revolt better because it’s actually designed to replace Discord. Matrix isn’t designed to be Discord, and that’s a problem, because what I want is FOSS Discord. Matrix doesn’t bring any novel features that make me want it more than FOSS Discord.

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        18 days ago

        I do agree that Matrix isn’t a good replacement for Discord, but Revolt is largely centralized, so I have my doubt’s about it as well. If users started to switch to it, how would the primary instance handle that level of traffic?

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          If users started to switch to it, how would the primary instance handle that level of traffic?

          They can’t. Not without enshittification and monetization. But I suspect that that is their goal. They have no interest in federation, not even on the future roadmap. The developer also stated elsewhere that he won’t support self-hosting officially, and it only became a thing after long back and forth in the community. I already know where that project will go and I don’t like it.

    • @[email protected]
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      318 days ago

      Unfortunately, while Element is great, it does not support push to talk or a minimum dB to transmit sound. Which makes it a dealbreaker for gaming with friends, unfortunately.

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        And Lemmy is run by Tankies, we kind of have to have faith in the ability to self-host with these platforms and make minimal compromises between them and the competitors.

    • @[email protected]
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      518 days ago

      Element is run by a for-profit company. Plus, it’s not even remotely similar to Discord. Apples and oranges.

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        Element is an app for “Matrix” (thats like lemmy but for discord) that is developed by a for-profit company (the company mostly manages deployments for big governments). But not only is it open source, its just one client of many for matrix. The vast majority are developed by individuals (Cinny, FluffyChat).

        Plus, it’s not even remotely similar to Discord.

        There are probably discord features missing from matrix but they certainly have a lot of similarities. Though tbf Cinny is the closest to discord in terms of design and functionality not element (but they both are matrix clients).