misk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 hours agoDiscord users can now buy in-game items without leaving the platformtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkDiscord users can now buy in-game items without leaving the platformtechcrunch.commisk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarekarashta@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 hour agoStill waiting for a competitor that I can get my friends to switch to. No, Matrix doesn’t seem to be it. Nor does IRC or XMPP. People don’t care to deal with the “hassle”.
minus-squarelofi@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·46 minutes agoTeamspeak seems to be the closest, but the newest versions bringing more discord-like features aren’t there yet. Maybe I just want to return to the old days lol.
minus-squarePostimo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 hour agoThere will not be a worth while competitor because the only way you can overcome the network effect is billion dollar marketing campaigns. And you don’t get those without being on the same enshitification pipeline as discord.
Still waiting for a competitor that I can get my friends to switch to.
No, Matrix doesn’t seem to be it. Nor does IRC or XMPP. People don’t care to deal with the “hassle”.
Teamspeak seems to be the closest, but the newest versions bringing more discord-like features aren’t there yet.
Maybe I just want to return to the old days lol.
There will not be a worth while competitor because the only way you can overcome the network effect is billion dollar marketing campaigns. And you don’t get those without being on the same enshitification pipeline as discord.