Is Discord botnet?
Do they sell your information?
There's no such thing as a free meal, and Discord sounds too good to be free.
https://r4p3.net/threads/what-is-discord.861/#post-6224
>Closed source proprietary trash
>Business model is selling stickers
>Worse bitrate than competitors
Wow Discord sure looks great!
>>54648989
>I want to stream music on discord
>>54649027
Having a good bitrate != wanting to stream music
I'd rather not talk through what sounds like a tin can in 2016
>>54649260
literally a problem exclusive to you m8, my pals and i have been using it for a year and it is GOAT
>>54649313
Yep I can second that. Sound quality is fantastic.
Maybe >>54649260 either has a blue yeti or a shitty mic/headset setup
>>54649365
>blue yeti
>>54649365
No I use a self hosted Teamspeak 3 server because I have full control over it. Why would I switch to something with worse quality which relies upon selling stickers to make money. Have fun having your data sold when their startup funds run out.
>>54649400
So have you used the discord chat?
>>54648839
>Discord sounds too good to be free.
it's not
>>54648839
>Is Discord botnet?
Yes. Just read their privacy policy and terms of use.
I run a Mumble server, and Discord is a piece of trash in comparison
>People sound like robots
>Desktop application uses three threads and 250 Mb of memory to do what Mumble does in 1 thread and 50Mb
>Requires an account to use
>Can't run my own server on my own hardware
>No G15 support
It's a retarded program written by people trying to con retards, and all they're doing is pic related.
>Download Discord because friend recommended it
>Try to do a group call
>Literally lose connection every 30 seconds
Only reason I still have it is because I haven't started unistalling things to free up space.
>>54651235
>Convince friends and even friends of friends to use discord
>They all go back to Skype within a month for similar reasons
I just wanted to do some good... I'm gonna set up mumble on a rasPi and try again.
>>54651369
Mumble is a beautiful. I did what you did with Mumble, and now they start to get hostile when someone wants to just use Skype.
>>54648839
What "information" are you concerned with them selling ?
>>54648839
Selling/gathering information != botnet
I'm writing a lot of bullshit in the discord chat. I wonder who pays money for that.
>>54651466
They don't pay for that what they do is sell whatever the app/program is installed on's information and passwords and all the like en masse
Your password and email etc will be sold in a big pool so 2 years later or so you may ask yourself how and who comprised your accounts when it says pajeet has tried to login to your account
>>54651707
I don't have a problem with that.
>>54648839
>try discord
>really unintuitive "riced" interface
>half functional online client
>"PLZ DOWNLOAD ;^) Totally not botnet btw ;^) plz tell me your facebook and gmail ps I love you ;^)"
>stop using discord
>>54651766
You will especially if you keep using proprietary programs with malicious features such as discord
It will be subtle and even more so if you are using windows.
>>54649260
>I haven't tried using Discord
It sounds fucking fine you autistic cuntpaste
It's the manchild redditor of skype
>>54651707
>using the same password for everything
>>54648989
>bitrate == quality
Where do you get this idea?
>>54649400
Having total control is good but completely unnecessary %85 percent of the time. I just want a system that works. And discord is just that. Also, you CAN control the bitrate.
>>54651431
yes it literally is
i use it but i'm starting to get more and more worried about it
shit just doesn't add up
>>54651431
What is this? Are shills trying to make botnets seem like a normal thing now?
>>54653269
>>54653250
why do you post if you have NO IDEA what a botnet is or what telemetry does?
really fucking go study or read a book before typing
>>54653297
newfag.
>>54653297
this right here is why we have to put up with bullshit like windows 10
what happened in your life that made you want to be completely subservient of the jews
>>54653297
Here you go:
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Botnet
nigger, irc networks sell your information that you type.
>>54653337
>Here read this dumb definition so I can prove you are wrong
>>54653309
you'd be surprised. thankfully many didn't even reply to me because it's obvious bait
>>54649400
You get both a shitton of control AND maximum ease of use/lack of annoying chores with discord
So the Discord shills are back after a few weeks of vacations, great.
It looks like my robot
>>54649400
Heh your baiting needs more practice.
>>54653686
It's "CHIN CHIN". Learn the Dark Lord's name right.
>dickscord
how about use something that isn't nonfree you fucking retarded faggots?
mumble comes to mind.
>mumble
>good
Reminder that there is no good chat/voice hybrid software in existence.
>>54651389
Because Skype is the worst piece of Shit I have ever used. Shits disconnects within seconds but team speak, discord, and curse all run fine. But discord is my preferred choice.
>>54648839
U wot m8?
Discord isn't botnet, Discord is just out of step
>dat feel when your friends use Skype
>dat feel when your actual clan uses Ventrilo
What is worse /g/?
>>54657697
I use Skype all the time
The share-screen option is something only Skype has
>tencent
Information going to the chinese.
>>54657736
>The share-screen option is something only Skype has
Hangouts & WebEx both have much better screen sharing than Skype does.
>>54648839
>>54657754
fucc that
i know Skype is far from perfect
But it still works pretty well
>>54648846
i don't care how secure it is since they don't have anything i need protected.
>>54648989
>Closed source proprietary trash
Nope, it's built with web technologies in Electron.js, and there is no way to compile and Electron program entirely in binary.
>Business model is selling stickers
It's literally cosmetics. Who cares? I never see anyone using them anyway.
>Worse bitrate than competitors
But better voice quality!
Admit it, you're just a hipster.
>>54658069
Using web technologies for a desktop app, nice bloatware just as bad as Atom
Selling stickers is going to bring in next to no revenue, enjoy them selling all your data or injecting you with ads
If being hipster means using superior products then sure lets go with that, enjoy your botnet.
>>54658069
>But better voice quality!
every fucking voice chat thing within the past years of so has been using the opus codec which is open source it's all the same shit
>>54649365
>blue yeti is shit
I use it cause my mates moved to it.
I dunno what they're going to steal thou desu.
>>54653150
It's literally the same codec as mumble and teamspeak, only with lower bitrate.
>>54658069
>But better voice quality!
No, not really.
To answer the OP: Yes, it's the definition of botnet. They primarily make money by selling customer data. Go put mumble on your server. It is free as in freedom, properly encrypted and you're not the product of some shady company.
>download discord
>launch discord
>''LOADING DANK MEMES XD'' text appears as discord is loading
>uninstall
>>54659081
>Actually downloading botnet
you can just use the web version
>>54659020
No it isn't. Mumble uses speex, discord uses opus.
Fucking retard.
