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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 04:24:48 JST Ars Technica

   Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week

   Discord's first real foray into ads seems minimally intrusive.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/discord-starts-down-the-dangerous-road-of-ads-this-week/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • MaybeMyMonkeys (maybemymonkeys@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 04:52:45 JST MaybeMyMonkeys

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     @arstechnica I can live without Discord

   • Charlie (boscozebra@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 05:14:36 JST Charlie

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     @arstechnica fuck discord. Charging for a chat is already an asshole move, now they’re just powering into “get out of here with your bullshit” territory.

   • Lauren Raimondi (laurenraimondi@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 08:33:23 JST Lauren Raimondi

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     @arstechnica I really hope they don't go down the same road as the other social media platforms. But (and this may be unpopular), I do feel like they and others have no choice but to do this to stay alive. I do believe that in the beginning the intentions of all or most of them were good. As you grow, get investors, go public, etc you don't always call the shots and need to find ways to pay the bills and keep everyone else rich who are now calling the shots... Tbc

   • Lauren Raimondi (laurenraimondi@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 08:35:54 JST Lauren Raimondi

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     @arstechnica ...(Cont) Some like Zuckerberg are obviously now different and in the driving seat, but it often stems from necessity. It's something I'm facing now with Poldit.com. I would give anything to never have ads and make it subscription based but that's not what people want. I plan on figuring something else out but I worry the path may be inevitable to a degree, and that scares me.

   • Elengale (elengale@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 23:08:32 JST Elengale

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     @arstechnica I'm already paying- and happy to pay- to support a service I use extensively and daily.

     That I'm also getting these- and that the opt-out button marked *didn't ask" doesn't actually opt you out, but still leaves you having to dig in settings- is very frustrating.