Discord was already succumbing to enshitification. Now with their intention to be owned by Wall Street, that trajectory will certainly accelerate at warp speed once the change of hands happens.

Anyone already get ahead of this and find a solid alternative?

Right now I’m on the fence between Element for Matrix, and Revolt. Both seem to have their pros and cons and I can’t find a clear “winner”.

  • Ibuthyr
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    1 day ago

    Not entirely related, but why do so many people use Discord? What’s the appeal? I only ever used it as a replacement vor teamspeak or ventrilo. And I honestly hate most online games.

    • pathief@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      I’ve been using it for several years. I have a small server I use with my IRL friends and it works great.

      • Near 100% availabily
      • Nice sound quality
      • Supports multiple servers for your multiple interests
      • UI is amazing
      • Works fine on every platform
      • Screen sharing / streaming is easy
      • Cool to see what your friends are playing
      • Free plan is more than enough, you can pay for cosmetics or higher stream quality.