▲ 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.
[–] GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's often not the cost of the software, but the hosting costs, especially on a growing platform. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago I think it's why many decentralised platforms don't want very big instances, and prefer them to split off into smaller federated sites. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago I think it's why many decentralised platforms don't want very big instances, and prefer them to split off into smaller federated sites. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago I think it's why many decentralised platforms don't want very big instances, and prefer them to split off into smaller federated sites. permalink fedilink source parent