User:JustAnotherArchivist/Discord
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A selection of reasons why ArchiveTeam should never use Discord (except possibly as a way for people to report shutdowns to us):
- Proprietary, centralised platform
- Walled garden: hostile to third-party clients
- Staunchly anti-privacy and will lock you out of your account about it[1]
- 'What's a "data migration"?' – Discord
Ridiculous terms of service: every "upload" of content that you do not own the exclusive rights for (quotes, pictures, memes, etc.) is a violation of Discord's terms. This would include even things released under a permissive license (e.g. Creative Commons) or in the public domain.[2]This was resolved in the February/March 2022 update of the terms.[3]- For profit without ads via premium subscriptions ('Nitro'), game sales, and other minor revenue sources, but yet to make a profit[4]
- 'You were found in violation of the terms of service. We'll ignore your complaints that it isn't true.' – Discord[5]
Or, in summary:
<Frogging> Seriously, Discord can fuck off forever.
References
- ↑ https://wowana.me/blog/guess-im-done-with-discord.xht[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- ↑ https://hackint.logs.kiska.pw/archiveteam-bs/20200721/raw[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20220225114658/20220225203039/https://discord.com/terms
- ↑ https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/how-discord-makes-money/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- ↑ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37364605[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]