▲ 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.
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just tried it... it says "Running in Chrome". Seems to be a repackaged webapp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) well that's no different than Discord already, so net zero change running webapps in chrome or Electron containers simplifies a lot of development, i don't like their resource requirements or dependency on Chromium, but I do understand needing to streamline development so devs can work on more important backend stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The difference is: Discord: Electron app, 156 MB, works offline Revolt: webapp, 635 kB, doesn't work offline The "works offline" is not much of a bonus for a chat app, but you can access cached chats on Discord, while Revolt... just doesn't run. There seem to be other clients for it, though. Haven't checked those out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SteveTech@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) In theory PWAs can be configured to run offline, whether they're doing that I don't know. The desktop app looks like it's electron though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* I know, one of the best PWAs I've seen is Draw.io, fully usable offline, with both device and browser storage. The Revolt's one however, even though delivered as a PWA, seems to be only the login page. If already logged in, it throws a "Network error." dialog. Haven't checked the desktop one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) well that's no different than Discord already, so net zero change running webapps in chrome or Electron containers simplifies a lot of development, i don't like their resource requirements or dependency on Chromium, but I do understand needing to streamline development so devs can work on more important backend stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The difference is: Discord: Electron app, 156 MB, works offline Revolt: webapp, 635 kB, doesn't work offline The "works offline" is not much of a bonus for a chat app, but you can access cached chats on Discord, while Revolt... just doesn't run. There seem to be other clients for it, though. Haven't checked those out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SteveTech@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) In theory PWAs can be configured to run offline, whether they're doing that I don't know. The desktop app looks like it's electron though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* I know, one of the best PWAs I've seen is Draw.io, fully usable offline, with both device and browser storage. The Revolt's one however, even though delivered as a PWA, seems to be only the login page. If already logged in, it throws a "Network error." dialog. Haven't checked the desktop one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The difference is: Discord: Electron app, 156 MB, works offline Revolt: webapp, 635 kB, doesn't work offline The "works offline" is not much of a bonus for a chat app, but you can access cached chats on Discord, while Revolt... just doesn't run. There seem to be other clients for it, though. Haven't checked those out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SteveTech@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) In theory PWAs can be configured to run offline, whether they're doing that I don't know. The desktop app looks like it's electron though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* I know, one of the best PWAs I've seen is Draw.io, fully usable offline, with both device and browser storage. The Revolt's one however, even though delivered as a PWA, seems to be only the login page. If already logged in, it throws a "Network error." dialog. Haven't checked the desktop one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) In theory PWAs can be configured to run offline, whether they're doing that I don't know. The desktop app looks like it's electron though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* I know, one of the best PWAs I've seen is Draw.io, fully usable offline, with both device and browser storage. The Revolt's one however, even though delivered as a PWA, seems to be only the login page. If already logged in, it throws a "Network error." dialog. Haven't checked the desktop one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* I know, one of the best PWAs I've seen is Draw.io, fully usable offline, with both device and browser storage. The Revolt's one however, even though delivered as a PWA, seems to be only the login page. If already logged in, it throws a "Network error." dialog. Haven't checked the desktop one. permalink fedilink source parent