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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      7 months ago

      I remember the times when projects had their own infrastructure or at least used infrastructure they could easily move away from, like irc. It works, we just don’t want to anymore.

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        7 months ago

        I think there’s definitely room to have an open source Discord alternative.

        IRC with history and images

        Voice/video chat

        Wiki hosting

        Have a client and website that can link right to them and you’re away. But again, it’s going to cost something to run it, be it hosting fees or a small server in somebody’s house along with bandwidth. And Discord doesn’t unless you count privacy, which most people don’t.