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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

OK. And how many other people would be here for you to talk to?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I remember the times when projects had their own infrastructure or at least used infrastructure they could easily move away from, like irc. It works, we just don't want to anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I think there's definitely room to have an open source Discord alternative.

IRC with history and images

Voice/video chat

Wiki hosting

Have a client and website that can link right to them and you're away. But again, it's going to cost something to run it, be it hosting fees or a small server in somebody's house along with bandwidth. And Discord doesn't unless you count privacy, which most people don't.