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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by xigoi on Thursday July 21, 2022 @04:16AM (#32176954)
The freedom to choose what software you use is more important than the freedom to make your software a walled garden.
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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by monkeywork on Thursday July 21, 2022 @07:05AM (#32177917)
Freedom to choose what software you use is completely different than having the freedom to force developers to give you features that you want.

You do have the freedom of software choice already.

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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by xigoi on Thursday July 21, 2022 @09:26AM (#32179053)
My school makes me use Microsoft Teams. In order to communicate with my classmates, I have to use Facebook Messenger. The new law will hopefully resolve that. Are you expecting me to drop out of school instead just so I don't have to use proprietary software?
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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by Schroedingersat on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:52AM (#32235525)
Not when you can't go to university or get employed without using ms teams.

Or buy second hand without facebook or their properties.

Or contact businesses without facebook.

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Re:Tell HN: Discord is permanently locking out users with mu... by ls15 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @07:43AM (#32178204)
> You do have the freedom of software choice already.

Not on iOS (until next January when regulation kicks in)

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