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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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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

If you're self hosting, it's Revolt. But the default instance limits you to 20mb or something for files, which is a problem for me, personally.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Just use croc to share files. Then size doesn't matter.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 4 hours ago

Yes that sounds super convenient...

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Revolt is also an annoyance to self host and the apps don’t support self hosted instances without you rebuilding them because the server is hardcoded.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why even give the option then lmao

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

That’s just it, it isn’t an option

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Doesnt discord also have a max of like 25mb? Unless you pay for nitro?

[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If that, depending on the type of file sometimes its 10mb

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Yea that's what I thought, cause I've had small files get rejected recently now.

[–] hitagi@ani.social 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It was 8mb then 25mb then 10mb now (for non-Nitro users)

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I believe it's ~100mb. I don't mind paying for more. That's not an option on Revolt.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Wait? I thought this was FOSS? Is there no settings to allow you to change the upload size of files?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 17 hours ago

Again, if you're self-hosting, yes; If you're using the default instance, no.