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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by Scaled on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:54PM (#50382886)
This is a fair point, but it's basically being proud of making the monstrous privacy-destroying ad machine go 10% faster. With how they pressure people to doxx themselves to them (phone number verification) or be completely locked out of their accounts, there is enough predatory tactics in that company that no one should feel proud of working there.
Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by slashink on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:50PM (#50383571)
Yeah look Discord is more than one person. A lot of us really care about making the most performant client and that's why we did this.
Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by Insanity on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:39PM (#50385538)
I don't work at Discord, but I know of very few companies that don't have "malicious" tactics in one sense or another. Ultimately they are trying to improve their own bottom line and that _rarely_ aligns with what's best for people.