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Discord to start showing ads in-app this week - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Stopthatgirl7 to c/technology

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In early March 2024, Discord revealed that “sponsored quests”, or ads would be added to the platform to help “support game developers” through the popular chat app.

Discord didn’t initially share a release date, or even how they’re going to implement ads into Discord’s overall design, other than mentioning that the sponsored quests would “tastefully” be integrated.

A report from The Wall Street Journal claims that Discord’s sponsored quests will be landing on the platform this week, and will be displayed at the bottom left of the app.

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[–] BrownianMotion 39 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I read about this, and you will have the ability to turn the ad's off in settings.

They are optional. For now.

[–] systemglitch 10 points 7 months ago

For now!

[–] rob_t_firefly 10 points 7 months ago

Screenshot of the "Privacy and Safety" section of the user settings in Discord desktop. There's an arrow pointing toward the switch controlling the "In-game rewards (aka Quests)" setting, with the text "Turn this crap off to stay out of the stupid new ad crap."