Post #385893
2026-02-18 17:39 UTC
Replies (19)
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@warm@kbin.earth 2026-02-18 20:51
TeamSpeak had their chance, but they decided to be complacent after getting popular. Now they are playing catchup and very slowly. Discord has given them multiple chances now to take back market share, but TeamSpeak was never ready. This time some other project will take over instead.
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@64bithero@lemmy.world 2026-02-18 19:18
I still prefer to open my window and just scream for the person I’m trying to reach. Fuhgedaboutet
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@vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-02-18 19:02
They got trounced by Ventrilo, which had the saddest looking UI I’ve ever seen on a commercial product.
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@sirico@feddit.uk 2026-02-19 21:23
Steam had 90% of the tooling just needs polishing
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@einlander@lemmy.world 2026-02-18 23:12
Bring back Mumble!
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@CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-18 21:27
Mobile app is dogshit but the Teamspeak 6 desktop client is decent. Ultimately my group is using Steam for now and checking out Fluxer self-hosting once the refactor gets done.
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@QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-19 07:34
So seriously, what's going to replace Discord? Everyone wants to leave, but to where? And no, Matrix is not and will never be a viable alternative
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@VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 2026-02-19 23:17
TeamSpeak can only replace the voice chatting aspect. The vast majority of people use discord for text chat. It's really such a different beast. You can chat in a discord server while you're on your phone when you're unavailable to chat on voice. I know teamspeak has an app, but it was clunky last time I bothered with it, and it's still not that type of experience. People love discord chat, they love the emotes, they love their profiles. I just can't see a lot of people giving that up. And like I've said earlier, I'm not even sure if most people are aware of the changes or if they even care. The people from Aus or the UK that I've seen on discord lately seem like they're just dealing with the id requirements.
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@Matriks404@lemmy.world 2026-02-20 05:11
I mean TeamSpeak did only one thing, and it was good.
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@southernbrewer@lemmy.world 2026-02-20 09:57
I don't really get it. Every time I've reluctantly used Discord, I've gotten absolutely lost in UI. And I don't know what's wrong with just using Steam calls (for games) which works great tbh. But the really annoying thing about Discord is when open source communities use it. Open source projects have no business using closed platforms like this, where I can't even browse the discussions without signing up, and you can't find bug reports by search engine. Just use some open discussion forum software. GitHub discussions is fine...
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@SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-02-20 09:21
Twitter is the new 4chan
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@DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2026-02-20 07:51
Teamspeak is actually insane in 2026. Just goes to show what kind of progress in online communicators can be made if you invest into anything reasonable and not surveillance.
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@fatalicus@lemmy.world 2026-02-20 15:30
Posted this as a reply to someone else, but seems they have deleted their comment, but here is a spreadsheet someone is working on that compares the different options now: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14vicw-V9Z5m7ckuburP5wxyDIIb_fFJFEjnxxHk8qRw/edit?gid=0#gid=0
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@thorhop@sopuli.xyz 2026-02-18 20:16
TeamsPiqued more like it... in the 2010s even.
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@kepix@lemmy.world 2026-02-20 17:54
was an ok meme shitting on discord, but most platforms suck ass
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@WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2026-02-20 04:51
I used to be on TeamSpeak, and I actually switched over to Discord. Oh the irony. Those were quite the times, people went straight for the voice chat, and I learned to be brave and speak proper English in chat (people chatted less than they talked). I unlearned that almost completely since.
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@ICastFist@programming.dev 2026-02-18 23:29
There's also https://movim.eu/ which might suit your needs
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@zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-02-20 14:25
**Hard** disagree, but there are millions of people using it so what do I know.
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@paequ2@lemmy.today 2026-02-20 04:38
Fluxer is [AGPv3](https://github.com/fluxerapp/fluxer/blob/refactor/LICENSE), recently [promised to remove their CLA](https://lemmy.world/post/43324367) so the software stays free forever, has an ambitious [roadmap with federation](https://blog.fluxer.app/roadmap-2026/#3-federation), and is currently being worked on by one [22 yr old dude](https://blog.fluxer.app/how-i-built-fluxer-a-discord-like-chat-app/). It's very different than Discord. This chad needs help. I'm more than happy to support him. This is an investment in Open Source™ and the future. If he can't work on this full-time or near full-time, he's gonna need to work for Google or some shit. Then it's never going to be able to compete with Discord. They're also not going to be able to run Fluxer on powerful enough hardware. Take a look at [Stoat](https://stoat.chat/). Similar idea. No funding. Their main server is HELLA slow, which I don't think it's their fault. The app is written in Rust, but it feels like it's running on a potato. > paywalling features that other platforms don’t I might be wrong here, but I thought you could self-host Fluxer to get around the paywalls. So you could do that. What a gift! And federation is on the way, so maybe one day you can self-host AND talk to other instances! Amazing!