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minus-squarek_o_t@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 years agonobody has to, where could they go really? what alternative besides matrix is there? (i’m not sure, maybe there is, just that i’m not aware of it)
minus-squareAgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-23 years ago what alternative besides matrix is there? Realistically? Peplle will keep using Discord. Switching platforms involves a lot of friction.
minus-squarek_o_t@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 years agoi’m not really implying immediate mass migration, but i’m fully confident in m$'s ability to fuck it up :)
minus-squareAgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-24 years agoI’m not. I am, however, confident in Microshaft’s ability to make it just bad enough in the name of profit to make people who use it miserable, but not miserable enough to actually switch.
minus-squarebirokop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 years agotheres still a chance they dont fuck it up right?
minus-squareRatoeira547@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 years agoMumble is a good alternative for the audio communication and XMPP of course, both are easy to self-host.
nobody has to, where could they go really? what alternative besides matrix is there? (i’m not sure, maybe there is, just that i’m not aware of it)
Realistically? Peplle will keep using Discord. Switching platforms involves a lot of friction.
i’m not really implying immediate mass migration, but i’m fully confident in m$'s ability to fuck it up :)
I’m not. I am, however, confident in Microshaft’s ability to make it just bad enough in the name of profit to make people who use it miserable, but not miserable enough to actually switch.
theres still a chance they dont fuck it up right?
A pretty good chance, I think.
Mumble is a good alternative for the audio communication and XMPP of course, both are easy to self-host.