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.
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.
Great, now you just need somebody to rent a server for you.
That’s where Discord won, along with being able to run in a browser for those who didn’t want to fill their PC with crap comms software for one PUG run through Uldir.
there are web clients for mumble
So, the answer is as usual laziness and minimum effort for anything. We really all deserve what we are experiencing.
Well yes, but at the same time if you had to pay a few bucks a month for Lemmy or it only worked on a special app, would you be on it?
Yes. In fact, I’m sponsoring the project and I am currently using a special app.
OK. And how many other people would be here for you to talk to?
I remember the times when projects had their own infrastructure or at least used infrastructure they could easily move away from, like irc. It works, we just don’t want to anymore.
I think there’s definitely room to have an open source Discord alternative.
IRC with history and images
Voice/video chat
Wiki hosting
Have a client and website that can link right to them and you’re away. But again, it’s going to cost something to run it, be it hosting fees or a small server in somebody’s house along with bandwidth. And Discord doesn’t unless you count privacy, which most people don’t.
??? I hope you don’t actually think this
There’s no reason to require everyone on earth to prioritize a better computer interfacing environment over their free time.
My time is worth way more to me than video game voice chat – but it’s not either/or. Thanks to other developers, I can have both.