relyin on discord for all your comms
Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers
Submitted 8 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/11/24127545/discord-suyu-sudachi-server-shutdown-account-ban
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umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I stopped using Discord a long time ago because the apps on every platforms are unapologetically bloated piles of garbage.
Protip: If your phone gets hot just m because an app is open, delete that app.
ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
May I ask what you’re using to replace Discord?
Zink@pawb.social 8 months ago
Once again, privacy-disrespecring discord is nuking things to keep its own ass safe. FOSS devs, when will you ever learn?
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Matrix is literally there.
Just host your own god damn servers alongside your webpage (assuming it’s not running on Guthub pages)farcaller@fstab.sh 8 months ago
I looked into matrix servers the other day for an unrelated reason and tbh the amount of resources they ask for is way more than you need for a webpage (dendrite asks for 1gb ram minimum for a number of users, and that’s without accounting for postgres)
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 8 months ago
And this lack of transparency is a great example of why I avoid Discourse.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I avoid Discourse
Discord. Discourse is open source forum software: www.discourse.org
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 8 months ago
Well, that’s a new one. I’m sure that I typed Discord, but evidently I failed. Thank you for pointing that out. I could blame auto correct, but even that is hard to check, since my keyboard recommended next word follows an evolution that I’m unable to grok.
As an aside, thanks for the link, I hadn’t heard of the discourse forum software.
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Similar to how GitLab can be selfhosted; Spacebarchat could be a good alternative; but at that point why not just do forums?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Like vinyl and Polaroid cameras, I want bulletin boards to make a comeback.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I want bulletin boards to make a comeback.
eardon@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Fuck discord.
Go to Matrix.
Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Why discord gets involved is stupid. This is why you self-host these things.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 8 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Both Suyu and Sudachi began as forks of Yuzu, the emulator that Nintendo sued out of existence on March 4th.
Developers of Yuzu’s forks also claimed they were changing the code further, among other practices, in an effort to avoid pissing Nintendo off.
But it’s possible that people were sharing Nintendo’s cryptographic keys, firmware, or even entire pirated games in these servers despite those commitments.
Even if Suyu and Sudachi were infringing, Discord’s policy does not suggest it would permaban, much less nuke entire servers, on the first offense.
Discord did not answer questions about whether these users were repeat copyright infringers, had received any previous warnings, or were forwarded any takedown requests.
Nintendo isn’t just targeting Switch emulators with its latest round of takedowns but also some of the tools that aid them: it sent DMCA takedown requests to GitHub to remove 27 forks of the Sigpatch Updater, as well as Lockpick_RCM, kezplez-nx, and Incognito_RCM, which help Switch owners and developers obtain encryption keys.
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deranger@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The amount of niche info that would have been found searchable forum posts in years prior, that has now gotten sucked up into Discord where it can’t be found, fucking blows.
Carnelian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Absolute tragedy tbh, discord won’t be around forever. I weep for all the game knowledge that will be lost
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
There is, and there has never been value behind discord’s closed doors. Don’t waste your words there, it is like talking to the wind.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
And imagine if public facing forums weren’t mostly dead because of the “necroposting” hate moderator brainworm
Oops this discussion from 2017 is the number one google link for your niche topic ? Well, too bad, post in new and maybe in five years it will be #2 post on google for that topic.
Who put the nerds with no friends in charge of human social interaction ‽
eardon@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Yeah. Closing threads after a few days or getting mad at users for replying to old posts is stupid and bandwagony.
HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
I don’t know what you mean by “necroposting” hate moderator brainworm". Care to elaborate one what this I and why it is bad?
warmaster@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well, forums are not real time, and that’s what most people these days want apparently.
So, on to the alternatives:
Element / Matrix:
Revolt Chat
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
I think people use discord where it’s a bad fit not because it’s what most people want, but because it’s what’s familiar, free, and already in front of them.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I just use chatgpt, a sufficient surrogate for the rest of humanity. At least as it pertains to knowledge before 2023.
bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Don’t worry, I’ve got a copy and I’ll host it all on my Discord!