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

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    7 hours ago

    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.

    • ne0phyte@feddit.org
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      5 hours ago

      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.

    • pnelego@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      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.

    • TerdFerguson@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      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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        4 hours ago

        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.