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Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform (archive.is)

submitted 7 months ago by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17617609

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.

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

so this Revolt project is open source, which is nice, but still seems to rely on centralized servers. Does it use P2P for voice+video+fileshare so that the original devs aren't on the hook for insane bandwidth requirements? I can't see anything about their networking systems in the FAQ or info pages.

I may consider getting my friends to switch sooner or later if it's more P2P based. But I don't really want something that runs ALL traffic through central servers, because the bandwidth costs will inevitably just lead to the same situation that Discord is now in.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's self-hostable, and they seem to be switching to webrtc-rs, not sure whether with P2P or not:

https://trello.com/c/Ay6KdiOV/1-voice-overhaul-and-video-calling

In 2022, they claimed it was using minimal resources on the server:

https://developers.revolt.chat/faq/monetisation

They also don't seem to consider federation as a priority, but then again neither does Discord.

https://developers.revolt.chat/faq/federation