Post #123239
2026-01-10 14:31 UTC
Replies (25)
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@pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org 2026-01-10 17:03
Well the developers, like all techbros, have been sweetening up Discord to what it is. Once they find a pretty buyer, they'll sell it for top dollar. That's the real completion cycle of enshittification. Some private firm will have it or someone like Microsoft may have it and do to it like they've done with Skype.
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@adespoton@lemmy.ca 2026-01-10 15:05
How that MIGHT change things? Just look at every other tech company in the space that’s gone public to see how it WILL change things. It’s not a mystery at this point.
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@random_character_a@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 15:28
Let the final enshitification commence ╰( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )つ──☆*:・ﾟ
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@Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-10 17:22
discord is one of those things i struggle to find an alternative to. not because i lack the skill to do it myself or to make something else do the same tasks, but because all my friends who aren't as techy as me or big servers i like talking to wouldnt migrate. having seen its decline since 2016, sooner or later ill have to make the jump but its gonna be harder than ditching google or microsoft because of the community aspect of it.
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@mp3@lemmy.ca 2026-01-10 16:16
It will inevitably focus more on pleasing its public investors than anything else, therefore enshittification. Maybe Steam/Valve is a unicorn, but it's not publicly traded and it's doing just fine.
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@Auth@lemmy.world 2026-01-11 23:02
"I wish all my friends would leave discord and go to an alternative chat platform" The monkey paw curls and all your friends move to MS Teams.
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@VeloRama@feddit.org 2026-01-11 16:17
what practical alternatives are out there? every gaming and streaming community seems to use discord, but i hate it on the basis of it being an enshittified, proprietary walled garden.
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@LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-10 18:51
I'm guessing this will lead to more things being locked behind their subscription model. Ransoming core features for cash is the standard template of this process.
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@SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2026-01-11 09:13
This news comes immediately after they floated the idea of embedding AI, you say?
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@Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 2026-01-11 03:58
Well this gives me time to start my own Mumble server now
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@Dojan@pawb.social 2026-01-12 07:46
Yes, finally! I’m ready for this shitty platform to fucking die already.
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@desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2026-01-12 02:08
let the enshittification continue
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@CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 19:56
I genuinely do not know how that would change anything. It‘s already monetized thoroughly. They will just add even more ad campaign quests and stuff which you can ignore.
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@rageagainstmachines@lemmy.world 2026-01-12 03:25
I didn't think Discord could get any worse!
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-01-10 20:15
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@soldan@chachara.club 2026-01-10 14:41
I never liked Discord. I always found it to be a very resource-intensive platform. I never used it and I avoid it. Now I have even more reasons to do so. They're going to find a way to monetize everything, no matter what.
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@Zoot@reddthat.com 2026-01-10 15:25
Matrix sadly doesn't have the bots, apj, or infrastructure that Discord has. Not to mention its a horrible alternative to Discord, not having permissionable channels is a deal breaker.. Trust me, I want to abandon this ship more than anything but my games/orgs/clans rely heavily on a lot of discord automation that just isn't even possible in Matrix.
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@gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-10 14:46
Discord got popular because it did Skype and Mumble better than both, but it has suffered a lot from Enshitification
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@turbowafflz@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 15:53
I use both matrix and discord regularly and matrix is nowhere near a viable alternative for discord, the way they work is just too different. The only real alternative I've been able to find is guilded but it's no better than discord since it's still completely centralized and closed source
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@galaxy_nova@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 15:17
I don’t want to use it but the thing is I need to convince my friends and the 50 servers I’m in to switch too…
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@ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 2026-01-10 16:51
Also: [Stoat](https://stoat.chat/) (formerly Revolt)
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@VeloRama@feddit.org 2026-01-11 16:21
can't embed content on irc. that alone makes it not viable as alternative, because communities rely on this feature to share content and memes.
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@Auth@lemmy.world 2026-01-11 23:25
IRC doesnt fit the usecase at all.
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@gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-10 18:10
There's like 4 contenders, but all missing the crucial thing, critical mass of users
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@brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2026-01-11 03:22
It’s especially bizzare when git repos for “open source corporate alternative” type software uses it over their own repo’s issue trackers and forums. WTF They want the social media engagement, I guess. But *still*. It’s ridiculous how much of a blind spot folks have for it. It also makes giving *or* getting any kind of support a hellish time sink, but that’s almost besides the point…