I already see the electron apps coming!

  • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net
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    1 year ago

    Another vote for shitty Discord from me. If there was any app I could just magically give a speed boost to, it’s that.

    Some days it annoys me enough where I just run it through Firefox/Web, especially on Linux where it’s really janky.

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      1 year ago

      The day we worked out (a decade ago) that we could stall discord by talking about world news was the day we moved to more secure communication.

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        1 year ago

        I’d definitely love to move away from Discord, but unfortunately I’ve not been able to get my friends to move to anything else. Additionally, I have to use Discord for work (yes, it’s strange - definitely wouldn’t have been my decision) so I’d still be stuck using it even if my friends went over to something else.

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          1 year ago

          Not like there is a better free alternative.
          The alternative is a combination of multiple other programs some of which are associated with cost.

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      1 year ago

      You want a magic Discord speedboost? It’s called OpenAsar. Mitigates telemetry, and speeds the client up to usable levels, especially on lower end hardware.

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      1 year ago

      In a similar vein to deadcade’s comment, Ripcord also exists also an alternative. If this exchange had happened a few months ago I would’ve recommended it above anything - but unfortunately it hasn’t been updated in a very long time at this point and it’s starting to cause some core functionality to not work.

      EDIT: It’s pretty much exclusively the Slack functionality that doesn’t work anymore. The Discord side is great and is IMO has a much more useful UI, ex: you can group arbitrary channels from any number of servers into a single group which is presented in the UI pretty much as a new server. No more server hopping to check out all of your favorite channels!