dirtmayor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoDiscord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down10
arrow-up1282arrow-down1external-linkDiscord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes'www.pcgamer.comdirtmayor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square209fedilink
minus-squarePositiveNoise@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWell, this seems like powerful motivation for me to eventually find a free open source positive alternative to Discord, while ignoring Discord in the meantime. I would love to bypass their enshittification phase entirely.
minus-squarekingthrillgore@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThere’s Matrix/Element and now Revolt
minus-squareNero@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://nerimity.com/ It’s very new, but that’s one. Spacebar was one but seems to be stuck in limbo. Then yeah there’s Revolt I guess.
minus-squareGoronmon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe this is a sign people need to stop expecting everything on the Internet to be free?
minus-squareMitex Leo@defcon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@PositiveNoise @dirtmayor Have you tried revolt.chat ?
minus-squarePositiveNoise@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’ll check out revolt.chat. Thanks for the suggestion!
minus-squarecultsuperstar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRevolt is one, and the app is basically a clone of Discord.
Well, this seems like powerful motivation for me to eventually find a free open source positive alternative to Discord, while ignoring Discord in the meantime. I would love to bypass their enshittification phase entirely.
There’s Matrix/Element and now Revolt
https://nerimity.com/
It’s very new, but that’s one. Spacebar was one but seems to be stuck in limbo. Then yeah there’s Revolt I guess.
Maybe this is a sign people need to stop expecting everything on the Internet to be free?
@PositiveNoise @dirtmayor Have you tried revolt.chat ?
I’ll check out revolt.chat. Thanks for the suggestion!
Revolt is one, and the app is basically a clone of Discord.