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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by greggman3 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:21AM (#29715101)
Messages sent to me are MY DATA. The same as letters sent to me. Packages sent to me. Physical things given to me, Etc... The enter point is you send me a message. That message is now mine (my copy). If you didn't want me to have it you shouldn't have sent it to me.
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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by agumonkey on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @08:08PM (#29720448)
I think there's confusion. A chat is by definition not a single owner property. Its not like photos you upload on a host, blog entries or your FB wall.
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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:44AM (#29715344)
If I send you something by accident and delete it before you read it I should be able to delete it with no way of you recovering it.

If you read the ToS it also is very specific that it's not your data.

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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by throw10920 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @12:18PM (#29715720)
You've now moved the goalposts from "a discussion about what constitutes "your data" under GDPR" to a discussion about moral rights for deleting accidental content, and a reference to Discord's ToS, neither of which have anything to do with GDPR.
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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @12:30PM (#29715852)
You are arguing about a law that is in place and available to read. Discord is in compliance of that law by only sending you your parts of the conversation. Do you really believe they did it without checking in with their lawyers?

Check the ToS you don't own anything on Discord you even transfer copyright for every word you type. What even is your argument here? That it would be nice otherwise?

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Re:Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by robryk on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @07:14AM (#29724118)
> Check the ToS you don't own anything on Discord you even transfer copyright for every word you type.

This is blatantly false. https://discord.com/terms under "your content" claims that I give Discord a forwardable and nonrevokable license to do anything with my content, not that I transfer copyright.

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