Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.

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    7 days ago

    Well, I don’t believe you.

    Also, you should learn what trust is and how that works.

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      Trust isn’t on then now. They won’t learn what it means until the customer demonstrates what trust means. The trust is gone on our side so leave the platform. Rip the bandaid off. Get off social media. Get off shitty streaming services.

      Do it and do it now.

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        Got it, cancelling my Netflix now, that will show er… discord? Somehow.

        I get what you’re saying, but I also don’t pay for discord, so it’s not like they’ll care if I disappear.

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          I believe it actually does matter. Every person using Discord brings their friends onto the platform. Users leaving will probably also lead to others in their bubble leaving/following to an alternative.

          So lots of people leaving has a bigger effect than just that set of users being absent. Even if you didn’t pay for Nitro, some of your friends might have and may stop now.

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          Discord gets paid for user’s data and they just lost a ton of users. That’s why they are “cutting ties” with Persona.

          I suspect its more of a temporary reaction and they will reframe this age-verification and the related data collection and try again later.

          • lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world
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            This. People seem to think that if they don’t pay for a service or click on ads on social sites, then they aren’t contributing to the company’s revenue. They fail to realize that THEY themselves are the product being sold. The sites/services and the interactions people have on them are merely a byproduct of the business model which is selling people’s data. The only way to win is to not play.

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              Yes. I have a hard no for participating willingly in expansion of mass surveillance, censorship and propaganda.

              And that’s ultimately what this move supports. It was no surprise to find out all the shady aspects following the announcement, but I had already burned Discord out of my life the day they announced their genius idea.

              Its my enshittification red line. I will quit your product without hesitation and find another way. I will never go back

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          I think you’re missing the point. The idea isn’t that leaving Netflix would affect discord; but rather that we should tie an exodus from discord to the rest of the de-cloud movement.

          In other words, quitting discord won’t solve the root cause of why discord went to shit. The root cause are cartel-like cloud companies that are trying to gain leverage over society as large. The only way to reasonably solve it is to stop participating.

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    Oops, you caught us, we’re sorry! We promise not to do it again! (In the next 3-6 months, restrictions apply, refer to your EULA for details)

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    Why create ties in the first place?

    Not sure if I should upvote people fixing a obvious, terrible problem that they created themselves.

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    The fact they ever considered something affiliated with Peter Thiel in the first place is enough to abandon Discord.

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    Suuuurrrrrreeeee. They will probably just setup a shell company or whatever they do. These rats don’t just give up and go home.

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    Anything Thiel touches is compromised. All he does is steal your data so he can use it too brainwash you…

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    did it really though?

    did it really?

    for some reason I’ve got the “oh you aren’t???” mashed up with that anakin with the ridiculous breasts meme

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    Discord: Sorry, we spied and report on you through software from a bad company. Be assured, we will spy and report on you through good company software from now on!