Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive”
Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive”
Discord is lowering the upload limit for free users from 25MB to 10MB, citing operational and financial reasons.
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Most Lemmy servers don't relentlessly track and sell everything you do though. Discord makes way more money off your data than it costs them to host.
Source that they make money off of uploaded files?
Didn't necessarily mean the files but the service as a whole
I agree, but the argument here is "why won't they let you upload more data if they make money off of it". My point is that it doesn't apply here, because uploaded files is not the data that can make them money.
Lemmy servers are radical open, everything short of your IP address is accessible over the activitypub protocol.
They're not selling it, it's free.
Is there finally a source that says Discord is selling your data?
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Your data is worth about $5-$10 a month, at least for Facebook. A month.
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The point was not the amount of money they are making, the point is that regardless you are being sold for profit. Any platform that is ad-driven should be avoided if you want any form of privacy.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/discord-starts-down-the-dangerous-road-of-ads-this-week/
They definitely sell user data. There is no doubt in my mind about it. I think the idea that Signal can't be used in the same way is down to the marketing, especially sense Discord is now trying to transition away from gaming https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/discord-is-pivoting-away-from-games-to-become-your-place-to-talk- Signal literally has the same features + more than discord. You dont have to reveal your phone number to strangers anymore. Usernames are there. 1k+ member group chats EXIST. (I'm in one for fight for the future), screen sharing exists in calls. Theres no reason to need discord unless thats just where everyone else is.
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Discord is one of the worst company in term of privacy, they sell all of your datas, messages... First to make profit and then send it to the Chinese government. Thx to offer to me 10MB 😁
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They want people datas as much as US wants them to do mass surveillance. Surveillance is power and all govs wants power
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You should know that in this world most of the governments want to extand their "power" (in fact it's the good world), by knowing all the stuffs that are happening in the world they gain some superior knowledge. Why do states are willing to do mass surveillance, to use security cameras, etc... It's not to have more "citizens" but to gain more power
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No no no, mass surveillance or global surveillance means a surveillance at the world scale meaning that all the people from everywhere would be watched. They just want to gain datas about everyone, to one day maybe use it. Cover leaks, cover several things... For sure today you will not be under the control of a foreign gov but tomorrow if they need to they could track you to achieve their goals.
With the case of Discord, you probably should know that in China the big companies are really related to the Chinese gov. Take the case of Tencent and search online for share owned by the gov. That's all. Datas trough Discord are not safe at all.