▲ 416 ▼ Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform (archive.is) submitted 2 years ago by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@beehaw.org 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17617609 They supposedly can be disabled in settings- but we all know that won't last. They're going full Microsoft Skype mode and it's only a matter of time.
[–] excel@lemmy.megumin.org 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) “Discord said users will be able to turn off the ads in their settings.” permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] smb@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago usually at first you can do such, and later on, when a ceo wants more money, you then can buy that together with the new "pro" features actually nobody needs nor wants. maybe better look for more stable solutions before they start acting like a broadcom ;-) permalink fedilink source parent [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Sure, but you really expect that option to stay available for very long after 90% of users turn it off and ruin it's profitability? permalink fedilink source parent [–] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 11 points 2 years ago For now. I'm quite sure that option will disappear at some point in the not too distant future. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] smb@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago usually at first you can do such, and later on, when a ceo wants more money, you then can buy that together with the new "pro" features actually nobody needs nor wants. maybe better look for more stable solutions before they start acting like a broadcom ;-) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Sure, but you really expect that option to stay available for very long after 90% of users turn it off and ruin it's profitability? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 11 points 2 years ago For now. I'm quite sure that option will disappear at some point in the not too distant future. permalink fedilink source parent