If Discord was open source, I actually would not mind paying a fee for it. Fixed or reccurring, ideally the former. But that's never happening. And forget buying that Nitro thing.
MerchantsOfMisery
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Until a viable alternative is presented, I doubt Discord will die anytime soon. Part of the problem is people have a hard time accepting that even if you make the best meal in town, you've gotta get people to step inside before they'll try it. To an extent, this does involve winning a popularity contest of sorts if you want Discord to die.
I think often times folks are torn between enjoying a space/app as is, and making compromises to attract a larger group. IMO Linux has the same issue and that's part of why die hard fanboys get so aggressively defensive when this is brought up.
It's the software equivalent of being the bitter "nice guy" that simultaneously wants to attract a girlfriend (users) but is kind of an asshole to women. You might think you don't stink but please wear deodorant.
Four Thieves are legit. Controversial but they're confronting a lot of uncomfortable truths that need to be addressed .
Makes me wish Proton had their own password manager.
The studio that developed this game is disgustingly sexist. Can't say I'd ever spend $$$ supporting devs that are so weirdly proud about being sexist wannabe macho assholes.
Fruit of the Loom makes nice t-shirts too. Wore them as a kid and now as an adult.
I have 2 types of shirts-- shirts for when I go out, and shirts for when I'm at home or mostly at home. I like the former to stay completely clean, and I like the latter to be comprised of 1+ year old t-shirts that can get dirty/stained without worry.
I'm saying both arguments are speculative.
Because you're making stuff up. Literally every install of an OS has some little issue here and there-- but this is my mistake for assuming any Linux community could be humble enough to cut the BS and stop acting like Linux is a flawless experience. I'm out, keep hanging out at that ~5% market cap and wondering why folks don't flock over despite it being free.
“All due respect”, this is pure speculation.
This entire discussion is pure speculation-- are you really going to be that guy who says "but not my comment!"?
I feel like you're completely leaving out the gap that there will between what we've achieved now vs 1000 years from now. If there's advanced life out there that's been around for long enough, I don't think it's biased to say that there's a chance their tech is far more advanced than ours. I understand what you're saying, but let's not pretend we're the true generation where there won't be any major breakthroughs. There will be, but they'll just take longer than before. To make technological leaps comparable from the 1800s to now, it may very well take from now to the year 3000, but the point is the notion that we're past the point of major leaps is unfounded and based on the false notion that I'm saying in 300 years we can expect technological leaps as large as we've seen in the last 300 years.
Meanwhile sexual abusers practically get a free pass in the military. Still an ol' boys club.