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Funny that voice chat doesn’t even mentioned yet that’s what made Discord popular. All the other alternatives for group voice for gaming back then needed (still
by haunter 2y ago
Funny that voice chat
doesn’t even mentioned yet that’s what made Discord popular. All the other alternatives for group voice for gaming back then
needed (still does) a dedicated server. Mumble, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo etc. Discord “bundled” the whole experience into one and that’s why it became a fortnight victory.
- floren 2y agoI think it's just that from the author's point of view, for his specific use-case, voice chat isn't a compelling feature in Discord.
- abdullahkhalids 2y agoHe specifically lists one of the good features of Discord as > desktop streaming (1080p) > I want to resume streaming Lobsters coding + office hours (esp for queries) If you are sharing your screen, you are also voice chatting.
- thoughtpalette 2y agoThis is a great point and looking back, is definitely the reason me and a huge number of friends made the switch on launch. Never underestimate free+cloud hosted solutions.