I like nitro for the audio and stream quality benefits. It’s not much money and makes the experience with friends better.
Doesn’t seem much different than streaming services asking for more for 4k streaming.
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the_q@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Discord offers subscriptions and micro transactions in a chat app. This is the future of everything thanks to people going “oh it’s not so bad”.
I like nitro for the audio and stream quality benefits. It’s not much money and makes the experience with friends better.
Doesn’t seem much different than streaming services asking for more for 4k streaming.
Then they ask for a little more… Then a little more… This is why Netflix is $20/mo now because not enough people have the will to do without. These companies make you feel as if you’re missing out or that you can’t survive without their services, and when that happens they own you.
except stream quality is controlled client side.
you don’t need nitro for streaming at any quality you want to, just any client mod
I have shit internet so the audio and stream quality does matter to me - its the universal emojis and sound board that keeps me paying. I’m not ashamed
Haha the extra sound board slots are a nice perk too. Nothing as satisfying as the John Cena intro when something goes your way in a game.
Considering how much is free and how much of a better experience it is compared to competitors, yeah, it really is not so bad.
“oh, at least there are no ads”
except they’re shoving microtransaction ads literally everywhere.
Profile decoration shop ads everywhere.
There’s even a dedicated nitro gift button on the message bar.
What discord client are you using? Mine never hits me up for MTX’s. I know nitro is there, but there’s no intrusive pop ups.
Lol, remember when Discord had a birthday for 30 days?
Reminded me of that Jimmy Neutron episode.
Imagine getting peer pressured because of emojis. Seriously if you dont want to shitpost with emojis, you’re not missing anything.
tja@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I mean, they have to make some money some way…
the_q@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And who determines how much money they need? Some c-suite asshole who wants a 3rd mansion?
eronth@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re not obligated to pay them if you don’t want to.
the_q@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh sure.
anon232@lemm.ee 1 year ago
These people are acting like every company that exists is somehow extracting money from them, even if they aren’t actually paying for it. For someone to ask for money in return for a service is a straight insult to them lol.
chitak166@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Don’t worry, I don’t.
danque@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or the board of rich assholes who do nothing for the company but hold up their hands every quarter.
chitak166@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’ll take as much as they can get while providing the bare-minimum in return.
It’s called “maximizing profit”, and a lot of people in this thread don’t seem to understand that.
the_q@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Look at my downvotes… People at bat for a soulless company, ignoring their shitty practices, all because they can’t separate what they think is a good company from a bad one. Capitalism has them all.