Why I No Longer Use Discord
Posted: | Categories: technology | Tags: discord, FOSS, privacy, self-hosting
No, I won’t join your Discord server.
For a few months now, I have been free of the odious communication system known as Discord. In this post I’ll explain exactly why it sucks and I will no longer be using it… With some caveats.
At the time of this writing you’ve undoubtedly heard of Discord’s decision to enact age verification through some rather invasive means. That’s been explained and discussed ad nauseum by now so I won’t talk about it here. Instead, I’ll give a few reasons why it was terrible even before this all happened.
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