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Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects (drewdevault.com)

submitted 6 months ago by starman@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 109 points 6 months ago

I second this!

It's especially disappointing to see FOSS people on Fediverse promoting it.

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

People love discord. When Microsoft tried to buy it, people freaked out. They turned down the multi billion dollar offer. IMO, I don't believe the paid portion of the app is worth the money because it's mostly cosmetic bullshit. They don't give me a good reason to give them money

[-] gunpachi 11 points 6 months ago

I also think discord nitro is kind of B.S . The only reason I still use discord is because my friends use it.

I wish there were similar features in Matrix clients like Element. Just the voice channels feature will be enough for me.

Revolt chat is a good alternative. It lacks in features but its pretty good for an FOSS project. I tried to convince my friends to use it but they crawled back to discord after 2 days.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 points 6 months ago

They don't give me a good reason to give them money

The constant harassment was enough to get me to pay for it. But guess what? After I paid for it, the harassment continued, trying to get me to give them even more money for products I don't even understand. And that's just not something I tolerate.

That + the inevitable data-mining + refusal to provide any sort of deletion tools = no more Discord for me. I use Revolt now when I need that sort of thing.