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This seems kinda unethical. This will just result in some developers at Discord spending time creating a solution to detect such abuse, or everyone will just lo
by cyral 5y ago
This seems kinda unethical. This will just result in some developers at Discord spending time creating a solution to detect such abuse, or everyone will just lose unlimited message history. Of course, anyone offering a service with storage like this should expect this to happen eventually, but trying to take advantage of it in a way that wasn't intended doesn't sit right with me. I sorta understand making some proof of concept of this, but why make official "Disbox" accounts here on HN and GitHub for your service that will surely get blocked soon?
Your website even says "As free as it gets. No ads, no subscriptions, and no fees. All of our features are free to use, forever.". It seems disingenuous to market this as some kind of "service" that will be around forever.
- allogg24 5y ago
- disbox 5y agoHi, I appreciate the feedback. Here's some clarifications: - Making extra accounts was purely done for anonymity. I don't have any plans to make a brand out of this. The decision to make a rather fancy site showcasing it's features was purely made because I wanted to experiment with React development and building a product page. I'm sorry if it looked as I was trying anything else. - This is not meant to be a project that will operate at high scale and hurt Discord or cost them a lot. I understand the concerns and if Discord ever reaches out or the service gets too big I will reconsider things. Of course, the big advantage here is that if this is how it'll end, the files will still be accessible on Discord itself. I would be very surprised if this ever reached a scale that will cause discord to change their policy, and I hope it doesn't reach that stage. - With that in mind, I agree the "forever" wording doesn't really fit, and I will change it.