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.

  • fluckx@lemmy.world
    21·
    9 months ago

    I just installed it after I ran into it on some other Lemmy comment. I was hoping to replace discord with it.

    • clicking on a voice room doesn’t actual join it. You still need to dial in
    • I can’t see who is currently in/using the voice room.
    • doesnt seem to remember me granting mic access
    • doesn’t seem to support screen sharing

    It just feels like it isn’t “there” just yet? Unless I’m missing something?

    If I showed it to friends of mine today and they had my experience I’m sure they’d go back to discord.

    Not hating on the devs though. The product itself seems to be coming along nicely.

    • twena@lemm.ee
      8·
      9 months ago

      Yes, it definitely has missing features in comparison to Discord but I think it has potential. It may be useful to submit requests on Github.

    • SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      If it helps, I’m pretty sure the devs are in the process of rewriting the UI on a private repo. Idk if there’s any eta or progress chart

      • taladar@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        9 months ago

        Writing code in private and then throwing it over the wall to the public is usually a pretty huge red flag with projects that are already public.