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Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

I got a thing that said "Lootboxes!" On the bottom right. I tried ignoring it for a day but that didn't seem to work. So, I clicked the "Didn't ask" button. We'll see how much Discord tries to test me before I jump ship to Matrix or Revolt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I clicked on that, it was actually just an April fools joke, there was nothing to buy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah... to me it was just another one of those UI elements (like the Nitro Menu, games, etc.) that I just don't touch.

Sure it's an April fools joke, but the prospect of introducing ads seem just as much an April fools as what they did.

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