☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoDiscord starts down the dangerous road of ads this weekarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkDiscord starts down the dangerous road of ads this weekarstechnica.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoI got a thing that said “Lootboxes!” On the bottom right. I tried ignoring it for a day but that didn’t seem to work. So, I clicked the “Didn’t ask” button. We’ll see how much Discord tries to test me before I jump ship to Matrix or Revolt.
minus-squareGrunt4019@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI clicked on that, it was actually just an April fools joke, there was nothing to buy.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoYeah… to me it was just another one of those UI elements (like the Nitro Menu, games, etc.) that I just don’t touch. Sure it’s an April fools joke, but the prospect of introducing ads seem just as much an April fools as what they did.
I got a thing that said “Lootboxes!” On the bottom right. I tried ignoring it for a day but that didn’t seem to work. So, I clicked the “Didn’t ask” button. We’ll see how much Discord tries to test me before I jump ship to Matrix or Revolt.
I clicked on that, it was actually just an April fools joke, there was nothing to buy.
Yeah… to me it was just another one of those UI elements (like the Nitro Menu, games, etc.) that I just don’t touch.
Sure it’s an April fools joke, but the prospect of introducing ads seem just as much an April fools as what they did.