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Discord was already succumbing to enshitification. Now with their intention to be owned by Wall Street, that trajectory will certainly accelerate at warp speed once the change of hands happens.

Anyone already get ahead of this and find a solid alternative?

Right now I'm on the fence between Element for Matrix, and Revolt. Both seem to have their pros and cons and I can't find a clear "winner".

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[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 33 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

@Xanza@lemm.ee Among my friends, it replaced Facebook Messenger, Teamspeak, and Mumble instantly. It was fast and the voice quality was excellent. The appeal in 2017 was obvious. The bloat that it had tacked onto it since then is egregious.

Don't get me started on the "rewards"...

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago

The bloat that it had tacked onto it since then is egregious.

VCs gotta make back that ROI...

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 20 hours ago

Don't forget free servers.
On TS3 it was to either know a friend that rented/hosted it, rent/host it yourself or use a public server.

[–] Comtief@lemm.ee 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Funny, I remember in 2017 the voice chat had mic issues all the time but now that works much better. But I suppose everything else got bloated..