Comment on How to Temporarily Bypass Discord ToS Update

sturlabragason@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just the usual stuff, really. Not really worth raising alarms for, but a quick search didn’t yield any instructions on how to do this so I just made the post myself.

  If you want an alternative you can use Element for Matrix.

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  • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think you missed the part about forced arbitration (if you’re a US Resident).

    And the most important part:

    You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs.

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• Sunny@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you want a discord clone, e.g. something that is very easy to switch to then Revolt is quit me on par with Discord, only open source and hopefully has a brighter future!

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Binding arbitration, meaning if you don’t opt out within 30 days, they claim you agree to use binding arbitration instead of going through the courts to resolve disputes. I haven’t read the TPS (I don’t use discord), but generally this means you can’t join a class action lawsuit if they do something terrible, like sell/expose your private info or whatever.

  Matrix (a federated chat app, not ActivityPub though) is probably the closest alternative, though I’m not sure if it does screen sharing. Maybe give it a try if you’re interested in an alternative (Element is a popular client).

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