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Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade
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I only use it to play games with 4 other people regularly and another 2-3 people sporadically. When it becomes a pain to use, well move on just like we did with AOL Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Team Speak, and however many others we've used in the past. Something else will come along. It works great for now, but we aren't loyal to it. We're loyal to playing online with each other. I would honestly pay $5 a month for a decent program, should no free one be available, but I'm already cutting out multiple streaming services, satellite radio, and all sorts of other shit because commercials are too annoying.
the desktop versions of AdGuard can filter requests from the desktop version of discord
There's also services like adguard DNS and nextDNS that can help cut down on any bullshit like that.
Adblocking needs to be multi-layered just like antivirus protection
Is there any alternative with screen share feature and music bots?
Will using the browser version with the usual array of ad-blocks help?
....Maybe I should try to make an account on one of those competitors... what's it called? Revolt or something?
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I truly don't have a problem with ads being in a free service. My anger will be based on how annoying they are when they roll out.
The problem is that no o.e will just serve a static PNG banner ad anymore. Ads these days inherently come with all the BS that makes blocking them mandatory
people do pay for discord though. that was the entire justification for Nitro and Server Boosts. they made $440 million in revenue in 2022. they aren't publicly traded so there's no way to compare that with expenses, but i'd be pretty surprised if they weren't turning a significant profit.
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