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Discord to Start Showing Ads for Gamers to Boost Revenue (www.wsj.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not sure how to unpay wall this if someone knows please inform.

The chat platform, which has long avoided advertising, is latest tech company to lean into paid promotions

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The most popular such alternative is Matrix.

[–] cAUzapNEAGLb 3 points 8 months ago

Thanks!

[–] Macallan 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

What client would you suggest and why?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Element because its the most feature complete.
Element X is in development for mobile, not sure how far they are, but already works.

[–] Macallan 2 points 8 months ago

Thank you. I ended up going with Element.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The site has all current clients so I’d recommend checking it. As for me, I use Element X. It’s not bad, the only annoying thing is that it’s always asking me to turn on chat backup but when I do it encounters an error. But besides this, it’s alright, it does everything I need it to do.

[–] Macallan 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks!

[–] badabim 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you want a client that looks like discord, you may check out Cinny.

[–] Macallan 2 points 8 months ago

I appreciate the suggestion. I've actually never been a big fan of Discord so finding something that's a bit different will be nice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use element, I like the interface, and the option to opt into beta features. Though I did use Fractal for quite a while, since it is lighter than electron, and I usually use gnome so it integrates nicely. Though I can also recommend Nehko if you used irc a lot. It was my main irc client back in the day and I loved it, I just kinda fell off when everyone moved to Discord though I might switch back to it from Element at some point after the spec is more stable, Element is still the fastest way to get updates, and is pretty much the best mobile client.

[–] Macallan 1 points 8 months ago

I appreciate the response! I ended up trying out Element.