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Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by gsich on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @05:03AM (#26552664)
Teamspeak, Mumble, Discord have one advantage: They don't treat their users as idiots. You are expected to setup your microphone properly, no speakers, no adjusting your mic levels automatically. While there might be sane defaults, if you have a shitty microphone you will get less interaction.

In MS Teams, Zoom ... you are probably paid to use that software. So it unforunateley is made to be noob compatible.

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Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by corobo on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @05:14AM (#26552731)
I think you're lumping Discord in with the wrong crowd. Discord is insanely easy to use compared to the alternative, that's why nobody uses the alternatives anymore. I'd still prefer Mumble myself but I'd have nobody to speak to

As soon as it gets Microsoft all over it we'll all move on to the next Discord

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Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by gsich on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @07:42AM (#26553848)
The alternatives are just as easy to use as Discord. The audio part is still the same. What Discord makes better is the persistant chat with various "servers", which the others don't have.

You are expected (maybe it's a "gamer" thing) to setup properly. No echo, no loopback, no shitty microphone. Which in turn makes using audio communication a joy to use. MS Teams on the other hand is a pure shitshow because of all the people who can't setup their stuff.

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Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by scottmcdot on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @05:20AM (#26552763)
Completely agree. Turned my back on Zoom for casual video chat and use Discord instead.
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Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by swiley on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @07:50AM (#26553914)
I'd argue Discord also handles improper setups well though.

You can adjust other people's volume on your end and mute people. That's something a lot of these pay for voice apps lack and it really sucks.

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Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by gsich on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @09:05AM (#26554496)
Yes, this also works in Mumble/TS3.
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