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The point is that IRC as a protocol makes it possible to join the FreeNode “home” from any compatible client on any platform. And users can modify most of these

The point is that IRC as a protocol makes it possible to join the FreeNode “home” from any compatible client on any platform. And users can modify most of these clients to their liking. Same with email or Matrix. But with Discord users are locked in to use the closed source Discord clients, or reverse engineer the discord “protocol” and risk being banned because of it.

anticensor 5y ago
Ripcord (third party client) and Litecord (third party server) exist.
- Macha 5y ago
  Here is Discord's official policy on it: > You are not mistaken. We do not support 3rd party clients, and they are not allowed per our ToS/API ToS. https://old.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/8tukek/ripcord_unofficial_native_discord_client_no/e1adbu5/ https://old.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/8tukek/ripcord_...
  - anticensor 5y ago
    And here is what Jake Henry, the antispam engineer of Discord, said: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25224151 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25224151
    - Macha 5y ago
      So "You might get banned for it, if you ask nicely we might unban you, don't do it again" is not exactly the same level of supports third party clients that IRC or Matrix do.