Discord will switch to temporary file links to block malware delivery::Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of the year to block attackers from using its CDN (content delivery network) for hosting and pushing malware.
Discord will switch to temporary file links to block malware delivery::Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of the year to block attackers from using its CDN (content delivery network) for hosting and pushing malware.
Can we please stop building everything around Discord? It has its place as a chat app, but it’s become like a web parallel to our own, except owned and operated by a single company. It’s an information black hole, completely closed off from the rest of the web, unscrapeable, uncrawlable, unarchiveable, and borderline unsearchable. It has everything that is wrong with the web today. When the company dies, all information in the app dies with it. There’s no Internet Archive for Discord.
I agree. It’s a handy chat app but it’s not a replacement for actual forums and, God forbid, an actual support page for a project.
This is not easy when everyone you know is already on Discord.
The network effect is active in full force here.
Its a good point. Eventually discord will find some way to enshittify, I am sure.
They already have
I guess that is what they are doing, but this particular change seems pretty reasonable to me. Discord can’t simultaneously be a chat application and a repository for all memes for all time.
Just goes to show that VC funded services are not sustainable infrastructure for anyone.
My university forces its students to use Discord for computer science. They even forced me to use my real name (otherwise they would’ve kicked me from the channel). It’s a privacy nightmare so I hope they will switch now since they were using it to host weekly exams.
It’s so hard to delete anything on Discord it’s in the permanent record. It’s upsetting. I use it too, but it is a nightmare privacy wise and it has all sorts of consequences.
Since I live in the EU, it shouldn’t even be legal to force students into Discord. I really hate being that guy but if they do this shit again I will refuse.
Amen
Technically someone could just make a headless browser and then scrape everything that way, Advancements in AI will make headless browsing easier and companies like Facebook won’t be able to block automation by changing the HTML multiple times per day.
Yes, instead they will discontinue their websites and make you use their app.
I discontinue any websites that push apps. The reason they make apps is to spy on you.
What are you talking about?
It’s literally a chat app. If all discord servers die today, nothing of value will be lost.
Nah Discord is like IRC on super-steroids.
You’re gimping yourself by holding this view.
Discord is infinitely better then IRC except for the centralization.
It’s better flat out. Centralization isn’t evil in an of itself. The dogma pushed in this comment section is hilarious.
It creates a single point of failure if the administration ever goes bad.
The “server” nomenclature is also misleading. It’s not a big deal and I think it works pretty well for what it’s supposed to convey.