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If you're paying for discord nitro, consider paying for a hosted/managed matrix server instead (matrix.org)
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To make it clear to those who are misunderstanding: that's a list of companies that host matrix for you. They do it at a good price.

If you and your friends chip, it'll be a few bucks a pop per month to have your own private server with voice chat rooms and video chat rooms.

It's all opensource and contributes to the ecosystem. Best of all, no age verification because the data is yours.

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[-] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

From everything I've seen matrix is not comparable to Discord, but instead like a slightly amped Signal. What am I missing?

[-] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 7 points 4 days ago

Actually I did just ask the same thing, and the TL;DR is that most clients do handle it as signal with group chat folders. Cinny does look like Discord, but currently lacks voice calling. It's currently web only with PWA support for mobile, though.

[-] Marvie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

commet is basically discord running on matrix as far as I’ve seen. Still needs some work but i think it’s promising

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