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Why does this community, which is privacy oriented, use Discord rather than Matrix? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Kalcifer@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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On the side bar it lists the following:

[Matrix/Element]Dead

Discord

"Discord" is an active link, but the Matrix link is completely inactive. Not only is it inactive (which could have be excused as a broken link), but it is also manually labeled as "Dead", as if there is no intention of making it work. How can a community that is focused on privacy willingly favor a service that is privacy non-respecting when a perfectly functional privacy-respecting alternative exists?

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[+] Chozo@kbin.social -12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Discord is just the preferred platform for that sort of group-based text comms. It's better both in a technical sense (more feature-rich and more reliable), and a UX sense, for a majority of users. It's also free to set up a server, which gives it a huge boost to usability. Matrix has a long way to go if they want to compete.

[-] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 year ago

This is total bullshit. You should start at the fact that Discord is owned by a chinese company. Then discuss everything else. To me Discord looks and acts like a spoiled child: too many things going on, too many flashy stuff, too manny obnoxious "features".

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

You should start at the fact that Discord is owned by a chinese company.

Discord Inc is a privately-owned American company. If you're referring to Tencent, they are investors, and not owners. And they're only one of several foreign investors. As for ownership, two dudes share majority ownership of the company.

Then discuss everything else.

Maybe you should do ten seconds of Googling before discussing anything.

[-] immibis@social.immibis.com -5 points 1 year ago

@Chozo @Kalcifer @clmbmb In capitalism, investors and owners are one and the same. Investors are owners. Owners are investors.

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