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Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform (archive.is)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 247 points 10 months ago (37 children)

I've grown with ICQ, MSN Messenger, TeamSpeak, Skype, several local chat apps, then people obsessed with Facebook Messenger, then Snapchat... I just know any particular chatting app is a temporary fad that will eventually end, it's just their cycle. Don't get attached to them.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Same here. I'm just surprised at how well Signal is holding up.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Unfortunately it’s difficult to get people to switch to it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If only they had functional data backup and export on non-Android platforms…

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