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    25 days ago

    Our mission is to create the most authentic, player-centric advertising platform in the galaxy

    Look, the quiet part, right in the open.

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    26 days ago

    Oh. This is their vision quest optional ad thing. Not that its great but these exist on desktop already, and can be completely disabled in settings. This post just now reminded me that they made that, I turned it off and completely forgot.

    They also say that the option to disable it will exist on mobile too. Its shitty that there are ads at all but this is about the least offensive option I’ve ever seen. Can’t promise it won’t creep out and get worse later but yeah.

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      25 days ago

      Its shitty that there are ads

      i mean there has to be a way to fund the business. ads are fine as long as there is a way to remove them through options or paying a reasonable fee.

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        The setting says “If you opt out you might still see Quest promotions, but they won’t be personalized to your activity”. I’m on Nitro Basic (The 3 dollar a month plan.) and I don’t see any method for disabling them completely.

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          I pay for Nitro yearly to the tune of $15 a month and the ads cannot be disabled, only hidden after they come up.

          So yeah, I’ve cancelled my subscription, this is only going to get worse, especially once they’re completely beholden to shareholders.

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            Huh? I’ve disabled quests entirely on my desktop. I don’t see them AT ALL.

            I’m not sure about mobile because I’m on a very outdated version.

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              I promise I’m not completely stupid, but the first time I saw an ad I went looking for ways to never see them again and came up with nothing. I’ll look again, though!

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    What an excellent place to remind people of the Free and Open Source Element project built upon the Matrix platform.

    They, in my opinion, desperately need contributors to provide the same level of features as Discord, particularly with community and moderation features such as a landing page where users can agree with rules and terms before using the server.

    https://element.io/blog/element-to-adopt-agplv3/

    https://github.com/element-hq/element-web

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      Unfortunately, while Element is great, it does not support push to talk or a minimum dB to transmit sound. Which makes it a dealbreaker for gaming with friends, unfortunately.

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        25 days ago

        And Lemmy is run by Tankies, we kind of have to have faith in the ability to self-host with these platforms and make minimal compromises between them and the competitors.

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      26 days ago

      These are the desktop ads that are already there, they’re bringing the quests (that, for now, have an off switch) to mobile

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    Welp, good thing I don’t use discord on mobile. We’ll see how it goes when they come to desktop.

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        25 days ago

        I’ve literally never noticed an ad on desktop since I joined discord in like 2010.

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        25 days ago

        Yeah I was thinking about that if desktop gets ads, cause at least ublock origin can block most things.

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    25 days ago

    I’m so glad I’m still on October 19, 2023 release. I don’t have the new shitty UI that they implemented over a year ago, but I also can’t see forwarded message. Oh well. No loss really since I can just check those on my desktop later.

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    25 days ago

    People are losing their minds over this title but the content itself isn’t that big of a deal. It’s a completely optional and ignorable feature that’s tied into something you probably won’t be clicking on anyway.