Fallstar@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoDiscord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkDiscord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes'www.pcgamer.comFallstar@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareempireOfLove@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoundefined> honestly as long as the stuff that discord is monetizing stays additive instead of changing services we already use to be paid-for, Narrator: “The microtransactions did not, in fact, remain only additive.” It never does. Greed always wins. And we will once again be left hopping ship to another platform.
minus-squareBright Spark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoPersonally, I will wait and see. When Discord actually starts implementing paywalls for existing features, I will definitely look into Matrix more, but I mainly see this as Discord reacting to server owners using Patreon and bots to locking content and roles behind a paywall.
undefined> honestly as long as the stuff that discord is monetizing stays additive instead of changing services we already use to be paid-for,
Narrator: “The microtransactions did not, in fact, remain only additive.”
It never does. Greed always wins. And we will once again be left hopping ship to another platform.
Personally, I will wait and see.
When Discord actually starts implementing paywalls for existing features, I will definitely look into Matrix more, but I mainly see this as Discord reacting to server owners using Patreon and bots to locking content and roles behind a paywall.