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.

    • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      222·
      9 months ago

      I haven’t given Discord a dime from the start because I knew this was going to happen.

      The entire premise of Discord’s free service was to gobble up the market from TeamSpeak, Ventrillo, and Mumble and capture the ecosystem using a ton of venture capital. In any sane world it would be an illegal mode of operation to provide “free service” based on venture capital like that.

      TeamSpeak did manage to react but their reaction has been slow (I think they’re a much smaller team and still a private company). Their new client is fairly feature complete but still not out of beta (AFAIK).

      Mumble is an open source project and is still ticking as a result as well (though obviously it’s received much less love since Discord stole the spotlight).

      • kinkles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        822·
        9 months ago

        I haven’t given Discord a dime from the start because I knew this was going to happen.

        Glad you feel validated after… 7 years

    • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      If I’m not mistaken, they are a private company.

      Granted, they’re a private company with a goal of getting an IPO soon, though.

    • corbin@infosec.pubEnglish
      92·
      9 months ago

      Revenue is not the same as income. Maintaining cross-platform apps and hosting nearly a decade of messages and media attachments is gonna eat into that. Also, Discord is in fact a private company.