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Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by mouldysammich »

I wish there was anything comparably easy to use and of the same quality or even in the vicinity in foss communication platforms.

Mumble isnt easy to use but has great voice and terrible text, matrix and irc are both -- for most non techy people -- hard to use and esentially text only, jitsi is video conferencing, xmpp is mainly not about voice and suffers the same issues as matrix.

I really hate the state of things as I would love to contribute and join some oss communities but they only exist on matrix and I hate using it. Its one of those things i wish i had the know how to start building my self, but webrtc alone seems impenetrable for mumble/discord style audio.

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by lbotos »

rakoo wrote: post #98
lrvick wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not matrix?

Matrix the protocol is not there yet. Element, its main client, lacks too many features to have the same experience: - No concept of servers (in discord parlance). Its equivalent (matrix spaces, in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc177... ) is in progress - No included audio/video calls. You have to link them manually and use a third-party stack, such as Jitsi - Even if you have Jitsi the exper…

> - No included audio/video calls. You have to link them manually and use a third-party stack, such as Jitsi

To be explicit, no group audio/video. I run my own Matrix server for my partner and I and it uses webRTC based audio out of the box for 1:1 calls which we use every day, and sometimes video. No Jitsi enabled in my config. (I only share this so other readers can gauge if Matrix can meet their needs.)

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by xyhopguy »

etempleton wrote: post #127

I just don’t see what Discord’s path towards profitability is. Are they going to try to start an online store again? Sell enough Nitro subs? I think they are playing hard ball for a better acquisition deal, but they risk being irrelevant before ever getting a better deal.

'discord professional' seems like pretty low hanging fruit and an obvious upgrade over slack + zoom

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by truth_ »

Jonovono wrote: post #110
fish45 wrote: post #77

Speaking as an 18 y.o. doing my first year college online, I wouldn't have made it through quarantine without Discord. I've a server with my high school friends and since Discord lowers the barrier to join a voice call so much it's super chill to just hop in a channel when doing homework or playing a game or whatever else, and anyone else who's free can join. I really wish there were competition, but there's nothing…

What do you feel is missing from Discord?

LaTeX support!

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by echelon »

whall6 wrote: post #62
ergot_vacation wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad I'm not the only one thinking this. Seems obvious, but I always felt like I was missing something. How is it that most of the tech/SV world is just the same con being run over and over again, yet it keeps working? Does it operate on the same psychological glitch as a lottery? Do the giant corps buying these startups all think "I know how it's been in the past, but surely THIS startup WON'T turn to shit the momen…

Have you read through any of Facebook’s recent 10-Ks?

If they're that bad, what keeps the stock price propped up and the morale high?

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by frozenlettuce »

Epenthesis wrote: post #24
rvz wrote: post #4

Let's hope that Discord doesn't end up going the way of Slack. Since Slack got overconfident over Microsoft Teams and lost and got acquired by Salesforce.

As someone who's never used Discord, what's it do better than Slack? Superficially other than aesthetics/integrations, they seem basically identical

their workspace separation and switching works better. you can also discover workspaces, so there's a bigger sense of community than small islands

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by selimthegrim »

Ombudsman wrote: post #100
ivraatiems wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better than being a hellscape in 6 months-2 years due to forced integration with Teams.

I think Microsoft is smarter than that, look at Github for example, people have largely forgotten it's owned by MSFT. They would have left Discord as a gaming platform and used it's tech in Teams instead. Teams is so behind Discord in all areas except video quality.

Has there been an exodus of talent from Github if they are leveling salaries?

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by hguant »

etempleton wrote: post #127

I just don’t see what Discord’s path towards profitability is. Are they going to try to start an online store again? Sell enough Nitro subs? I think they are playing hard ball for a better acquisition deal, but they risk being irrelevant before ever getting a better deal.

Data mining. They've got a huge corpus of information available to them that they haven't monetized yet (as far as I'm aware).

Also, and I don't mean this flippantly - stickers and shit. People want to look different, and selling a sticker or custom emoji pack would bring in money. You see this with Nitro a little, I believe they're experimenting with it

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