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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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[–] DaveX64@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been tinkering with old BBS software :)

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[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Why use Element for matrix?

From what I can tell it collets and links data to you: Location, identifiers and contact information.

How is that private or better than Signal?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The Element web client will break encryption when you clear your browser data.

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[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does it? On Android, it never asked me to grant location permission unless I try to share my location to another user. Similar with contacts and calendar, it's working perfectly fine without them. Where exactly does it link those identifiers and with what?

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[–] Link@rentadrunk.org 4 points 1 day ago

Isn’t the data sharing optional? I’m pretty sure it asks you on first startup and you can decline.

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[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Somebody needs to create an XMPP/Jitsi hybrid

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[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

rocketchat seems decent

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This would be the perfect time for someone to throw up a nice UI for a webrtc based voice chat platform in the browser. Nothing to install, no crazy permission/server setup. Just create a room and invite your friends. Boom, team based voice chat.

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