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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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (7 children)

It was either that or they start charging. They're gonna piss people of either way but at least it's still free.

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Considering it is free to use, with streaming, voice/video calling , it surprises me that the enshitification didn't start earlier.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At worst, I could just use Discord in Firefox and block the ads.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Until they stop supporting Firefox, because who uses Firefox /s

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