▲ 129 ▼ Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after its code was found tied to US surveillance efforts | Fortune (fortune.com) submitted 6 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.
[+] RalfWausE@feddit.org -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 6 months ago There's like a million options for text only chats. The reason discord is popular is that it has voice and video calls, screen sharing, and text chat. Most people don't want to need 3 or 4 different programs with 3 or 4 different accounts to use those features. That is the appeal of discord, and there are very few options that offer a similar, seamless experience. It is (moving towards was) the "right tool for the job" for all of those features, all in a single tool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 6 months ago There's like a million options for text only chats. The reason discord is popular is that it has voice and video calls, screen sharing, and text chat. Most people don't want to need 3 or 4 different programs with 3 or 4 different accounts to use those features. That is the appeal of discord, and there are very few options that offer a similar, seamless experience. It is (moving towards was) the "right tool for the job" for all of those features, all in a single tool. permalink fedilink source parent