In an apparent effort to boost revenues, gaming social media startup Discord plans to implement ads into its free service. The step is expected in the coming days after 9 years of ad-free experience.

I don’t think people on this sub use it, but it’s great news for us. The worse it gets the likelier people move on.

  • RiQuY
    18•8 months ago

    Because I’m free to complain about things I don’t like.

    Many of my friends use Discord but I also use Matrix and I prefer that. This is a Signal/WhatsApp like situation.

    If Discord starts shoving them ads maybe I can bring some people over to a more secure platform easily.

    • @RealFknNito@lemmy.worldEnglish
      -13•8 months ago

      Yeah, sure, complain about it if you want to, it just doesn’t make sense if you’ve already given them the data. I like Signal for privacy but it doesn’t have any customization, no personalization, no personality, it’s nearly sterile. It does it’s job and that’s it. Great for people who want privacy for like… work but for just talking to friends Discord seems more enjoyable.