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> Leaving aside the idea of access to any form of content being conditional on the use of a proprietary browser, which is a particularly horrid 1990s throwback

> Leaving aside the idea of access to any form of content being conditional on the use of a proprietary browser, which is a particularly horrid 1990s throwback This concept is far more popular now than it might ever have been in the 1990s. Look at Discord.

Forgeties79 1y ago
Can’t blame communities for putting up their drawbridges and filling in moats either on an increasingly hostile internet. Unfortunately many don’t realize that discord is its own prison of sorts.
- nxor 1y ago
  What is meant by this ?
  - Forgeties79 1y ago
    AI scraping, online harassment, etc. makes people like me want to build more of a “fort” than an open community because I feel a responsibility to protect the community we’ve already built. Discord makes it somewhat easy to keep folks/entities out that you don’t want around, hence so many hobbies and such moving into the space off traditional forums and social media. But it also silos off knowledge which means other folks can’t find it. It’s a real catch 22
    - nxor 1y ago
      Okay, I think I understand, but Discord users typically use other apps too. So I wonder about the extent of this
      - Forgeties79 1y ago
        It’s just something I have observed both with professional and hobby communities I participate in. I can’t say it with any sort of real numbers behind it. Just ~vibes~ or whatever we want to call it haha
nightpool 1y ago
Discord still works fine in your normal browser. I'm not aware of any content that requires the use of its Electron app—obviously it has more platform integration features, like slightly better screen sharing (and audio sharing on mac), but nothing groundbreaking.
- thaumasiotes 1y ago
  > Discord still works fine in your normal browser. I'm not aware of any content that requires A browser that can only go to https://discord.com https://discord.com is a proprietary browser.
  - nightpool 1y ago
    Correct, but OP was talking about access being conditional on using a proprietary browser. Users can use normal, non-proprietary browsers to access discord.com. Nothing in Discord requires users to use their proprietary browser, like this Perplexity subscription does.
    - thaumasiotes 1y ago
      So? Everything in Discord requires users to use discord.com.
      - nightpool 1y ago
        ?????
        thaumasiotes 1y ago
        Considering BolexNOLA left a comment demonstrating perfect understanding of this situation before you left yours, I'm not sure what you think is supposed to be confusing. Discord makes a proprietary browser available. You can run it from your desktop or from your web browser. All content in Discord can only be viewed by going through Discord's proprietary browser. Your regular web browser can't access it at all.

Forgeties79 1y ago

Can’t blame communities for putting up their drawbridges and filling in moats either on an increasingly hostile internet. Unfortunately many don’t realize that discord is its own prison of sorts.

nxor 1y ago
What is meant by this ?
- Forgeties79 1y ago
  AI scraping, online harassment, etc. makes people like me want to build more of a “fort” than an open community because I feel a responsibility to protect the community we’ve already built. Discord makes it somewhat easy to keep folks/entities out that you don’t want around, hence so many hobbies and such moving into the space off traditional forums and social media. But it also silos off knowledge which means other folks can’t find it. It’s a real catch 22
  - nxor 1y ago
    Okay, I think I understand, but Discord users typically use other apps too. So I wonder about the extent of this
    - Forgeties79 1y ago
      It’s just something I have observed both with professional and hobby communities I participate in. I can’t say it with any sort of real numbers behind it. Just ~vibes~ or whatever we want to call it haha

nightpool 1y ago

Discord still works fine in your normal browser. I'm not aware of any content that requires the use of its Electron app—obviously it has more platform integration features, like slightly better screen sharing (and audio sharing on mac), but nothing groundbreaking.

thaumasiotes 1y ago
> Discord still works fine in your normal browser. I'm not aware of any content that requires A browser that can only go to https://discord.com https://discord.com is a proprietary browser.
- nightpool 1y ago
  Correct, but OP was talking about access being conditional on using a proprietary browser. Users can use normal, non-proprietary browsers to access discord.com. Nothing in Discord requires users to use their proprietary browser, like this Perplexity subscription does.
  - thaumasiotes 1y ago
    So? Everything in Discord requires users to use discord.com.
    - nightpool 1y ago
      ?????
      - thaumasiotes 1y ago
        Considering BolexNOLA left a comment demonstrating perfect understanding of this situation before you left yours, I'm not sure what you think is supposed to be confusing. Discord makes a proprietary browser available. You can run it from your desktop or from your web browser. All content in Discord can only be viewed by going through Discord's proprietary browser. Your regular web browser can't access it at all.