From d20c4dcaad99266fdcbd7fba483eef06f6a743cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Austin Huang Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 00:26:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update matrix-vs-discord.md --- guide/matrix-vs-discord.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/guide/matrix-vs-discord.md b/guide/matrix-vs-discord.md index 056c88ce..75f96dd1 100644 --- a/guide/matrix-vs-discord.md +++ b/guide/matrix-vs-discord.md @@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ I'm sure you can find a lot of valid criticisms of Discord, like [here](https:// In the scope of this guide, the key reasons to move from Discord to Matrix are: * **Lack of privacy for private communications**, as private conversations are not only unencrypted, but also actively scanned (scope of which depends on your settings, but some happen even when you disable all the filtering-related toggles). [People reported](https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/t5v3of/viruses_now_get_turned_into_recipe_links_funny/) their messages were substituted with cooking recipes when they tried to send something that is considered a virus by Discord. -* **Excessive tracking**, such as the [science endpoint](https://luna.gitlab.io/discord-unofficial-docs/science.html) and the process logger (for activity status)[^9]. +* **Excessive tracking**, such as the [science endpoint](https://luna.gitlab.io/discord-unofficial-docs/docs/science) and the process logger (for activity status)[^9]. * **Hostile stance against unofficial clients or client modifications**, thus preventing users from opting out of certain annoyances or tracking in a compliant way (even though users *tend not to* get banned for doing so). * **Arbitrary phone number requirements**. Some users that are deemed suspicious and users that join certain "servers" are required to verify their phone number. * Discord has made **decisions against the users' best interests**, with the most recent ones being: - * Biased consultations and unilateral proposal of [cryptocurrency integrations](https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/qpmhs5/discord_developers_please_do_not_support_nfts/) (which were only dropped after massive backlash); and + * Biased consultations and unilateral proposal of [cryptocurrency integrations](https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/qpmhs5/discord_developers_please_do_not_support_nfts/) (which was only dropped after massive backlash); and * Deprecating access to read text messages in "servers" with certain exceptions[^11], effectively equating to mandatory rollout of application commands based interaction flow, as well as KYC requirements, for running bots in more than 100 "servers" (which were *not* dropped despite [backlash](https://gist.github.com/Rapptz/4a2f62751b9600a31a0d3c78100287f1)). * **Closed source**, thus cannot be independently inspected. * **Lack of control for private data and no guarantee on reliability**, as Discord is centralized, not federated. See [here](../matrix-vs-al/#centralized-platforms).