Discord can suck it.
I don’t give a shit about their process spying features, if anything the fact that they didn’t work was a plus.
Stop using Discord.
I have successfully launched my own Fluxer instance for me and my friends on my server a week ago. Runs super well, and the audio/video/streaming quality is superb.
Also, fuck discord.
curious if they vibecoded the new client or not
They very quickly come out with these features shortly before announcing they’re switching to Rust, so I guess yeah.
Also, a number of features coming to Discord are things which exist in Sable v2, which is also Rust. So while I’m not making an accusation, I’m certainly making a suspicious stare…
So discord started the switch to Rust back in 2019-2020. They have an extensive breakdown as to why they made that switch. https://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust
Not saying they aren’t vibe coding now, but it’s not that they just randomly started doing it this year. They’ve been a Rust shop for over 6 years now.
But end of day we should all find alternatives IMO.
This is kind of cool I guess. Too bad I deleted my discord account back in February
Love to hear it!
How long until they no longer support their web client? Killing Vencord and third party clients in the process
That would kill browser use too. Which perhaps is the whole idea?
Nothing of value would be lost.
If this hurts people still too stupid or complacent to still use Discord, I’ll consider it a good thing.
I mean they openly offered the devs of vencord and betterdiscord jobs via twitter… so
Yeah, because Vencord provides a fugton of features. Imagine if you could have those developers work for you instead, and then lock all that behind a subscription…
I tried spinning up a Mimble server recently and people just wouldn’t go for it. It works really well but setup and user experience in general is not as friendly, despite great sound quality. We had to move back to discord. I’m not sure what to do as Discord is going to surely get worse with their need to make money.
Me and a friend spun up a Matrix server with Sable as the client and nobody followed. Our solution was to ditch our friends. Both me and him agree that if they’re alright with fascism and authoritarianism because of some convenience they’re not friends.
Well done 🥳
The popular opinion on Lemmy seems to be Discord sucks, but in my experience, it is far and away the most complete and feature rich chat platform for gamers. Privacy aside, it’s better. That is why it’s so hard to get everyone off it, besides the network effect.
That said, I’m still trying to get my friends off of it (They seem to be open to trying Signal). They don’t care about all those features for the most part, so maybe I have a chance.
Feature complete in what way?
You need text channels and voice channels, and a decent way to navigate them. Everything else is just fluff.
So it’s not features people stay for, but luxuries. And perhaps also some sunk cost fallacy to boot, since many spend on nitro and group boosts.
Discord has an awful UI and is buggy in my experience.
Fluxer is a really good open source alternative, if you’re ever trying to move a community off Discord that one is probably your best bet.
I’d wait till they have E2EE and federation implemented. They say it should come around early 2027.
Still missing federation but I check every month
I expect federation to be testable early 2027, full release later in the year
Here’s their roadmap
Yup.
I will literally spin up an instance the second federation is implemented at least experimentally.
That’s like the last thing anyone would ask?
