I use Discord all the time, but I have seen zero reason to get Nitro. Every time they try to upsell it to me the "features" are unnecessary. The marque feature either "50MB uploads" (Nitro Basic) or "500MB uploads" (Nitro). Is this per file, per day, per month??? I only share the occasional screenshot or small file, so uploads have never been an issue. The rest of the "benefits" - "server boosts", custom Emoji, or a special Nitro Badge - seem ridiculous. What do people use this for?
Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
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Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#22Currently, Discord doesn’t appear to validate on their servers whether the stream being transmitted truly adheres to the criteria of a non-subscribed user I wonder who thought that would be a good implementation. Client-side validation seems like a very novice mistake.
Discord is doing so well it's hard to say whether this is actually a problem for them or not.
Maybe focusing on this security would have stopped them performing so well
Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#23Currently, Discord doesn’t appear to validate on their servers whether the stream being transmitted truly adheres to the criteria of a non-subscribed user I wonder who thought that would be a good implementation. Client-side validation seems like a very novice mistake.
Considering how loosely people (especially kids) these days spend money, maybe this is good enough? How many people who understand how to do these hacks and would be willing to pay for Nitro are there? I am sure there are thousands of not tens of thousands of users for all these different Discord client mods that enable all or some of the Nitro features, but would there be any actual revenue from fixing this? In my o…
When I was young I didn't care how much hassle I had to get through to get stuff I wanted for free. Mostly I didn't have money as a 12 y/o.
Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Considering how loosely people (especially kids) these days spend money, maybe this is good enough? How many people who understand how to do these hacks and would be willing to pay for Nitro are there? I am sure there are thousands of not tens of thousands of users for all these different Discord client mods that enable all or some of the Nitro features, but would there be any actual revenue from fixing this? In my o…
When I was young I didn't care how much hassle I had to get through to get stuff I wanted for free. Mostly I didn't have money as a 12 y/o.
You either didn't read what I wrote or misunderstood.
My point was exactly: how many people want to go through all of this AND would instead pay IF this route wasn't available?
a 12 year old without money won't pay for your service no matter what you do, so does it matter if you let them "hack it" for free?
Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got banned directly after signup. I got an email 1 second after signing up that I violated the community guidelines. The algorithm didn't like my Firefox/uBlock Origin combo I guess. Now my phone number is tainted and I can't make an account anymore. Oh well, no Discord for me I guess. (They really are very trigger-happy.)
All project maintainers: take notes on why your community shouldn’t be built around Discord’s service. Bridge to it only if you must, but don’t make it the primary chat option.
From my experiences discord servers tends to draw people who are least interested in talking about the project and more about casual talk and sharing memes. Most of the time these places feels like an equivalent of shoutbox feature on old forums.
Still, I received more support via discord than forums which on the other hand seems to be mostly full of people who vent their complexes and issues on users and lock discussions for absolutely every single stupid thing, just to show they're in charge.
Perhaps a community has to be small, dedicated, mature and aware enough to use e.g. Matrix or other solutions, leaving running blessed, approved discord servers to communities, various enthusiasts.
Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#26Currently, Discord doesn’t appear to validate on their servers whether the stream being transmitted truly adheres to the criteria of a non-subscribed user I wonder who thought that would be a good implementation. Client-side validation seems like a very novice mistake.
Discord is doing so well it's hard to say whether this is actually a problem for them or not. Maybe focusing on this security would have stopped them performing so well
>Discord is doing so well
Are they? They try to sell me Nitro at least once every month, which only gives me the impression that they're desperate to increase their revenue stream to make ends meet.
Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#27I use Discord all the time, but I have seen zero reason to get Nitro. Every time they try to upsell it to me the "features" are unnecessary. The marque feature either "50MB uploads" (Nitro Basic) or "500MB uploads" (Nitro). Is this per file, per day, per month??? I only share the occasional screenshot or small file, so uploads have never been an issue. The rest of the "benefits" - "server boosts", custom Emoji, or a…
It's per file, although I also think it applies per message (i.e., you can upload 10 photos at a time, but they can't collectively exceed 50MB on the free plan; you'd have to split them across multiple messages).
Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#28Currently, Discord doesn’t appear to validate on their servers whether the stream being transmitted truly adheres to the criteria of a non-subscribed user I wonder who thought that would be a good implementation. Client-side validation seems like a very novice mistake.
> I wonder who thought that would be a good implementation. Client-side validation seems like a very novice mistake.
As someone who only sends up PRs containing complete features in their final state implemented exactly as I hoped, I have no idea.
Unrelated aside: just started my fifth new job this month. I never seem to jibe with project managers.
Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#29I use Discord all the time, but I have seen zero reason to get Nitro. Every time they try to upsell it to me the "features" are unnecessary. The marque feature either "50MB uploads" (Nitro Basic) or "500MB uploads" (Nitro). Is this per file, per day, per month??? I only share the occasional screenshot or small file, so uploads have never been an issue. The rest of the "benefits" - "server boosts", custom Emoji, or a…
Whats wrong with just paying for software you find useful / you want to support? Custom emoji are fun to me, so you just aren't the target audience lol
Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free
#30I use Discord all the time, but I have seen zero reason to get Nitro. Every time they try to upsell it to me the "features" are unnecessary. The marque feature either "50MB uploads" (Nitro Basic) or "500MB uploads" (Nitro). Is this per file, per day, per month??? I only share the occasional screenshot or small file, so uploads have never been an issue. The rest of the "benefits" - "server boosts", custom Emoji, or a…
Before the username change, to keep my discriminator. Now the main reason is better stream quality — I stream games to my friends often.
Also, in general, I think it’s good to support companies whose (otherwise free) software I use. Maybe if I give them money it will make them less likely to seek “alternative” revenue streams. $8 a month ($3 for Basic) is a fairly affordable way to support a service that I use daily. E.g. I also pay for Strava Premium, Lichess, Godbolt, etc despite almost never actually using their paid features (or they have no paid features).
Disclaimer: I do work for Discord right now (summer intern), but I had been paying for Nitro for ~two years before I joined.