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Seems insane, many apps keeps running with an icon visible in the notification area when exited like that. Discords icon also shows if you are in a voice channe

Seems insane, many apps keeps running with an icon visible in the notification area when exited like that. Discords icon also shows if you are in a voice channel.

burkaman 4y ago
It's not just that the application keeps running, but the active voice call you're in stays connected and everyone can still hear you. That is definitely counterintuitive, I would at least expect a popup saying "did you mean to close the call, this is just minimizing it to the background" or something. Also, that's 1 of 5 issues.
- JaredLee 4y ago
  It's not counterintuitive to anyone who has used a VoIP application in the past ten years.
  - burkaman 4y ago
    Well one of Discord's main demographics (which they intentionally target) is kids, who often haven't used any other VoIP application outside of a phone.
can16358p 4y ago
- oblio 4y ago
  Did you even read the article? C'mon, it's not hard, it's about 1 page long.
- knaekhoved 4y ago
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  - can16358p 4y ago
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    - cpsns 4y ago
      HN is not a monolith, many of us have become extremely sceptical of the tech world and “culture” in recent years despite being part of it.
    - orangepurple 4y ago
      No, there aren't that many lobbyists, just average Europeans that finished their cup of Flavor-Aid.
      - nephanth 4y ago
        Pretty sure that's not sold in Europe
        orangepurple 4y ago
        It wasn't sold near Jonestown either
    - FamosoRandom 4y ago
      The point of GDPR is to defend the user. Tech companies aren't your friends, they only want your money. What baffles me is people being outraged by this fine like they needed to pay that, not a billion dollar tech company. It is justified because what Discord didn't implement can harm the user. it can harm YOU. People easily forget that Internet is for everyone. Even for people that didn't grew with a computer, even for people that are not developer.
      - deleted 4y ago
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      - none_to_remain 4y ago
        Governments aren't your friends either
the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
Discord did not get this fine for this one point, but for the sum of all issues.
- lzooz 4y ago
  Yeah, but the fact that they got money from them for this "issue" is laughable.
  - oblio 4y ago
    They "didn't get money from them", the EU is not some sort of criminal operation. They fined them based on violations reported by users and Discord can contest this in a court of law.
  - rat9988 4y ago
    No, they got money from them for the other issues probably.

Seems insane, many apps keeps running with an icon visible in the notification area when exited like that. Discords icon also shows if you are in a voice channel.

burkaman 4y ago

It's not just that the application keeps running, but the active voice call you're in stays connected and everyone can still hear you. That is definitely counterintuitive, I would at least expect a popup saying "did you mean to close the call, this is just minimizing it to the background" or something. Also, that's 1 of 5 issues.

JaredLee 4y ago
It's not counterintuitive to anyone who has used a VoIP application in the past ten years.
- burkaman 4y ago
  Well one of Discord's main demographics (which they intentionally target) is kids, who often haven't used any other VoIP application outside of a phone.

can16358p 4y ago

oblio 4y ago
Did you even read the article? C'mon, it's not hard, it's about 1 page long.
knaekhoved 4y ago
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- can16358p 4y ago
  [flagged]
  - cpsns 4y ago
    HN is not a monolith, many of us have become extremely sceptical of the tech world and “culture” in recent years despite being part of it.
  - orangepurple 4y ago
    No, there aren't that many lobbyists, just average Europeans that finished their cup of Flavor-Aid.
    - nephanth 4y ago
      Pretty sure that's not sold in Europe
      - orangepurple 4y ago
        It wasn't sold near Jonestown either
  - FamosoRandom 4y ago
    The point of GDPR is to defend the user. Tech companies aren't your friends, they only want your money. What baffles me is people being outraged by this fine like they needed to pay that, not a billion dollar tech company. It is justified because what Discord didn't implement can harm the user. it can harm YOU. People easily forget that Internet is for everyone. Even for people that didn't grew with a computer, even for people that are not developer.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - none_to_remain 4y ago
      Governments aren't your friends either

the_mitsuhiko 4y ago

Discord did not get this fine for this one point, but for the sum of all issues.

lzooz 4y ago
Yeah, but the fact that they got money from them for this "issue" is laughable.
- oblio 4y ago
  They "didn't get money from them", the EU is not some sort of criminal operation. They fined them based on violations reported by users and Discord can contest this in a court of law.
- rat9988 4y ago
  No, they got money from them for the other issues probably.