This is an attack on human freedom.
Discord spying on users since the beginning
It seems to me that soon, in order to bypass spying, we will have to live and get new files offline.
Discover and educate yourself about FOSS and encryption. The solutions have existed for decades, in most cases they’ve existed much longer than the enshittified platforms you’re using today.
P2P like croc ,torrent ,usenet
But it’s better to be prepared for the fact that they will try to prohibit these methods.
Solutions have literally existed longer than the problem has.
Go download mumble and quit complaining about a shitty company being shitty.
Use something like signal instead.
Signal really doesn’t have all the features Discord has though.
Skill issue + Matrix exists
Skill issue? Have you used discord?
You might as well say why use Lemmy when Signal exists. It’s just not a replacement.
Haven’t used matrix though. Is it encrypted? Does it have the forum functionality of Discord?
Yes, Discords features are needed for managing large groups. But for playing games with a small friend group none of the more advanced features are really necessary.
‘friend’ on discord is the first red flag.
