• Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
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      17 hours ago

      Because I like using it better than the alternatives. That is not the case for discord vs whatever else.

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        17 hours ago

        Valid, I’m here because fuck Reddit. I made a choice to use a more transparent and open service that has less features and less content because of that.

        Sometimes we gotta think about our wants and think are they really a need? Or can we get by with less till the alternatives can get better. Imagine all the discord premium money that could of paid foss devs to make something better.

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          16 hours ago

          Sometimes we gotta think about our wants and think are they really a need? Or can we get by with less till the alternatives can get better.

          It’s not really that simple. I don’t need to convince my entire friend group to switch to Lemmy in order to get some use out of it. Best I can do is convince people to use modded discord clients like vencord and aliucord for most nitro features instead of paying for it.

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          16 hours ago

          I agree, but there has to be a certain bar of usability for it to be a viable replacement, since you need to convince other people to use it as well. Matrix is the closest one for me, but it’s not quite there yet.