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Discord is on a quest to become a better messaging app (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

Funny how when someone brings this up for a streaming service it's all "the ads are intrusive", "I don't want to pay this company". Etc. But when it's discord all the sudden "they gotta pay for bandwidth".

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Steaming services don't give it to you for free with the only ads being for the premium version of their service that you don't really need..

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    So what you're saying is that since their ads are for the product I am using the free version of, I shouldn't get irritated about them?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    You can feel however which way you want. But, comparing it to paid services isn't fair..

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It is a paid service though?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    In what world is it paid? I've used it for years and never gave them a dime. I decided to buy Nitro in the last year so that I can support the network. But, I was never held back from doing what I wanted to do because I didn't have nitro.

    As someone who has hosted Team Speak servers. That shit isn't free.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If they're asking you to pay a subscription then they have a paid tier.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Having a paid tier and being a "paid service" aren't the same thing.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    It seems like you don't maybe know what you're talking about. If the service is available for free but there is a paid tier (like Twitch) then that's still a paid tier. Just because it's not providing the exact same features for the payment means nothing.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think the difference is that when you pay discord, they stop advertising to you.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    There are streaming services that I pay for that have stopped advertising to me. Nitro makes it seem like I have notifications that I then have to hunt down in the app only to find that it's them suggesting I buy a subscription.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because you are still paying the streaming service, and then they serve you ads.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Nope. They have a free model that is ads supported and a paid model that is not and doesn't have ads. That's my point. If the nitro ad was just a banner at the bottom of the app that would be one thing. But instead it shows up randomly as a notification like it's a message. That's garbage.

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