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[–] 210 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is only a problem if you subscribe to nitro in the first place. Rookie mistake!

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

    I enjoy the higher streaming quality and server boosts. Discord makes it very easy for my ttrpg groups to gather weekly not to mention the many other communities it facilitates. It's even partly responsible for me and my partner having a successful long distance relationship. The service is worth paying for, imho.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

    You can fake a Nitro subscription for free higher quality streaming. Look up Vendord, it hardens Discord for better security, adds themes, and plugins. One such plugin is fake Nitro.

    Edit: Vencord. Got autocorrected.

    Also adding I have only used fake Nitro for streaming quality. So I have no idea if it works for emojis or whatever other Nitro perks there are.

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

    Wait, so for this to work access to the Nitro features it enables must be managed client-side and the client is fully trusted with no validation? That seems... unwise on the part of Discord.

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

    That seems… unwise on the part of Discord.

    New here? The company and people behind Discord suck shit and like all tech startups things like security are an afterthought for years on end.

    Adblockers had existed for 15 years or more by the time YouTube finally started cracking down on them. I think it would probably take similarly as long before enough people were actually exploiting that loophole before Discord did anything about it.

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

    The downside is it's against their ToS, and you could have your account banned or similar if they do decide to take action.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    To clarify about the fake nitro plugin of Vencord/Vesktop:

    It's not Nitro, it just enables some features you get with nitro, mainly better streaming quality and being able to "send" emojis from any server (this is all it does, cant use any emoji reacts nor send bigger files or server boost).

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    About the emojis, the custom/other server emojis are sent as image links which discord will render but it is not a native discord emoji and will format differently when used inline.
    It also does nothing for custom emoji reacts.

    About streaming, Discord uses webrtc, that usually means P2P streaming which in turn means that the streaming client can send whatever they want (as long as the receiving clients understand it) and discord servers can't say no. It's not server authoritative communication, discord without nitro just hides the UI options, vencord gives them back.

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

    I still have no idea what boosting a server does.

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    [–] 149 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Good! Holy fucking shit is insane at the amount of predatory crap in software these days!

    It's literally become a fucking science on how to manipulate people by wearing them the fuck down with pop-ups, sign-ups, notifications, and "related" content. Anything besides giving the user the opportunity to do what they fucking want to do in the first place.

    Honestly, Lemmy is a breath of fresh air. It's also insane how straightforward and easy it is to use, especially considering the reputation the fediverse has for being "complicated."

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

    All subscriptions should automatically cancel if you stop paying.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    That's a bit circular though because they just keep billing your credit card.

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

    I cancelled my Amazon Prime trial the other day, and in order to dissuade me the site switched to French...

    Maybe just a bug (I tried again and it was in English) but the hoops sites make you jump through to cancel a subscription is ridiculous. Constantly asking you if you're sure, offering discounts, swapping the position and colour of the buttons... The Humble Choice one is particularly bad, and the final screen tells you you're cancelled and the prominent button signs you right the fuck back up again.

    If you can sign up in one click, you should be able to cancel in one click.

    You should be able to cancel ALL of this shit from your credit card provider/bank apps. One click, gone, bye-bye.

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    [–] 40 points 2 years ago

    Any place there is a way to sign up for a service, there should be a way to cancel the service. Make a pop-up that interrupts you every time you open an app asking you to sign up? You need to keep that pop up and ask if you want to cancel every time.

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

    how is it too difficult to cancel? you literally just go to manage subscription and click cancel and it ends at the end of the current term....

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

    I know apps don't like having subscriptions through Apple/Google where they take 15-30%, but it does make it easier to cancel sometimes

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago

    i got a trial then cancelled it once, sure, subscribing was easier than unsubscribing but it wasnt nearly as bas as a ton of other companies, namely amazon.

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

    These guys likely haven't tried canceling a gym membership lmao

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    [+] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 151 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    It wasn't that hard to cancel. People are just dumb

    If a subscription is harder to cancel than it is to sign up, that's anti-consumer. It's not really anything to do with anyone's intelligence.

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

    Yes, Amazon is the worst! My echo dot asked me if I wanted to sign up for Amazon music, I said no, the echo dot misheard me and signed me up. Then I had to spend 10 minutes navigating the stupid Amazon website to cancel, making sure I click the correct greyed out button otherwise I'd have to start the process over again. Super anti-consumer behavior but what else would you expect from Amazon.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    offtopic but related: android privacy settings are scattered across many hidden menus.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Maybe it's because I live in California and we have rules about this shit to a degree but I remember it being as simple as logging in and saying "end this shit bitch"

    If that changed/isn't the case elsewhere then yeah fuck em burn it

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

    The process described and shown by the screenshots does seem a bit much for a cancellation. Suing feels disproportionate when I first hear it, but are there many other recourses to force it to become more user friendly?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago*

    Based on what I'm reading in the post (since I don't use Discord), it's still obstructing the cancelation flow and making the user go through more steps, which is illegal in California.

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