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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 adjus
by gsich 6y ago
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.
- corobo 6y agoI 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
- scottmcdot 6y agoCompletely agree. Turned my back on Zoom for casual video chat and use Discord instead.
- gsich 6y agoThe 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.
- swiley 6y agoI'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.
- gsich 6y agoYes, this also works in Mumble/TS3.