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Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by notpachet »

berbec wrote: post #15
its_a_random_ac wrote: post #5

I'm not accusing the author of doing this, but providing a simple base64 encoded blob at the end to run to enable everything would be a pretty easy attack vector, wouldn't it? edit: just decoded it and touché

For those to lazy to run base64 --decode, here's the result: // Here's a cake if you thought about inspecting the code before executing it: let css = 'font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; color: red'; console.log("%cNEVER paste code you don't understand into the development console.", css); console.log("%cThis is the best way to compromise your account.", css);

Wow, I had zero idea you could use string substitution for formatting console.log messages. (Although I guess if I'd stopped and thought about it, there had to be something enabling those big scary messages in the console for certain websites...)

Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by inanutshellus »

didntcheck wrote: post #72
sneak wrote: post #40

A reminder: everything sent via Discord, including DMs, is being logged in plaintext by Discord and will be available to them and whoever buys them (it was looking to be Microsoft for a while, though now it looks like they will IPO). Simply having an account there normalizes having personal conversations that can be easily data mined for AI, or otherwise used by Discord or their database/systems administrators. Secti…

Reminder: everything sent on a forum, including DMs, is being logged in plaintext and will be available to the administrator Unless you're using one of the few services implementing a true zero-trust model where the user manages their own keys, then obviously this is true. They are storing your messages, yes... so that you can access them I realise there are services like Matrix which do pull off E2E group messaging…

1. you're making a "broken window syndrome" argument ("nobody fixed it in another case, so it must be okay, thus this case is okay")

2. nobody claimed malice on discord's part. instead he's saying that even if you trust Discord not to mine your data, do you trust whomever buys them?

Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by KomoD »

s1mon wrote: post #21

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…

Because you aren't the target audience then. The limit is per file.

I have Nitro (the $10 one), I use Discord a lot, I love custom emojis, badge doesn't matter to me, boosting doesn't matter to me, I like the themes, I like having longer character limits, I like having double server capacity (200, instead of 100)

Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by KomoD »

not_a_shill wrote: post #49
s1mon wrote: post #21

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…

Regular nitro is worth it for custom emojis across multiple servers or in DMs. (assuming you use discord often) Nitro+ used to be worth it for the unique numbers after your username as a mild flex, but once they changed that I canceled my sub.

the "regular nitro" is nitro basic

the "nitro+" is actually regular nitro

Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by KomoD »

pndy wrote: post #31
s1mon wrote: post #21

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…

Perhaps some people are so conditioned to paying for optional premium stuff that they feel better doing so and see themselves as above those who don't drop a single penny. You know, it's like showing-off wealth IRL by wearing top brand clothes and shiny jewelry etc. Just a guess.

What? Some people just like the extra features and think it's worth it, and some don't. It's not comparable to expensive clothes or jewelry

Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by toastal »

Okawari wrote: post #104
toastal wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Matrix is currently too heavy to self-host which means relying on Matrix.org (who also controls the spec). My vote would be an XMPP MUC that’s bridged to IRC. This keeps it lightweight & decentralized. Both of these options could be ran with hundreds or thousands of users on a potato compared to Matrix.

I've been selfhosting a dendrite matrix instance for about a year now. I'm only in a few public channels of a few hundred users, but also #matrix:matrix.org which has 44000 users and it hardly uses any resources. I have no experience with Synapse which was apparently quite the hog as far as I know, but Dendrite is quite lean it seems

I’ve heard it has less system resources, but the Synapse compatibility needs to be maintained. One of the bigger runaway issues tho becomes storage as the protocol requires replicating the entire chat/attachment history of all users for all of their DMs & chatrooms which I’ve read caused a lot of folks to shutdown their servers either because Postgres bloated up or hosting all the static content got too costly. This model makes sense when folks treat chatrooms like a permanent log, but if you treat it more like IRC, there would be no requirement for replication beyond a couple of messages for a new user to see the current topic to participate (while also covering the case that searching these chatrooms is a pain & much of their discussions should have moved to forums/mailing lists).

Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by AntonyGarand »

numpad0 wrote: post #48
tylerhou wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.…

> Before the username change, to keep my discriminator So the messaging was "pay by that time or lose ID"? That sounds like an...

Previously, you had a random 4 digit discriminator assigned to you when you made your account. With nitro, you could choose the discriminator for as long as your subscription was active, which users picked to have a vanity one like `User#0001`

This made it easier to send your id to friends, not having to remember the 4 random numbers but didn't provide any value otherwise.

Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by [deleted] »

notpachet wrote: post #111
berbec wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those to lazy to run base64 --decode, here's the result: // Here's a cake if you thought about inspecting the code before executing it: let css = 'font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; color: red'; console.log("%cNEVER paste code you don't understand into the development console.", css); console.log("%cThis is the best way to compromise your account.", css);

Wow, I had zero idea you could use string substitution for formatting console.log messages. (Although I guess if I'd stopped and thought about it, there had to be something enabling those big scary messages in the console for certain websites...)

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Re: Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free

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Post by super256 »

t0bia_s wrote: post #109
rvnx wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being able to delete your previous messages in bulk is a very good reason for example, it's borderline (or completely ?) illegal to threaten users to ban them if they choose to use their right to mass-delete their previous messages.

How can I delete previous messages in bulk on Discord?

https://github.com/victornpb/undiscord
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