Discord users are cancelling their Nitro after new mobile layout update - Dexerto
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Discord users are cancelling their Nitro subscriptions after the popular chat app rolled out a massive layout update to their mobile app.

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BlanketsWithSmallpox
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It already took too long to go to DMs from the base screen. They really need the ability to have a favorite list that includes both.

@marx2k@lemmy.world
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Every time I open discord it just generates popups about features.

Its fucking annoying.

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@FrostKing@lemmy.world
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Odd, I was pretty happy when I got the update. I always thought it was odd that servers and PMs were mixed somewhat in the UI, and hard to distinguish between.

People just don’t like things being different than they were ig.

Or is there another change I didn’t notice that had people bothered?

@Zyrxil@lemmy.world
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211Y

I don’t dislike all the changes but the removal of the left swipe gesture to access current channel information and pinned message is a huge negative change to me.

Tarquinn2049
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Oh OK, I guess this seals it, I don’t have whatever new version people are complaining about, left swipe still works for me. I was reading through the posts trying to figured out what changed, and none of it sounded familiar. I got a discord patch yesterday, but maybe the fold phones don’t have the same version as bar phones do.

Edit: Ah, if I close discord fully and open it on the little outside screen instead, I get the new version. That is definitely too many changes to make at once. Weird that I just have both versions.

@CrabLord@lemmy.world
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I agree, this throws me off more than anything else with the changes.

Before it was better because all of the messages were in one place.

I mostly use discord for dms and now for some reason I have to switch to a different tab to access them, it’s annoying and unnecessary.

App is also slower now.

@Legge@lemmy.world
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The two big problems for me are (1) increased slowness and lag, and (2) phantom notifications (a red 10 dot in the bottom notifications but I click in and see that it’s empty)

@FrostKing@lemmy.world
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Having used it a bit more, I can definitely agree on the lag. Crazy bad.

@qooqie@lemmy.world
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I cancelled my nitro years ago because what exactly is the benefits that I can’t do with being a freeloader? Besides I’m sure they scrape all my data anyways

Not a user of discord, by what are the reasons people use nitro for ? And who would be the audience to purchase this ?

I just like using animated emotes

Sorry but, How are kids/teens able to sustain expenditures for Animated Emotes? Isn’t this a luxury product purchase ?

Well I’m an adult with a job and I find the emotes fun

@Greggo@lemmy.world
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Larger file size uploads was my main incentive.

The UI changes are horrible. They make it so it takes more taps to get to places. Idk who is in charge of that but they need to reevaluate things. Also paying for discord is hilarious. But people unsubscribing is the only way they might roll back.

I always initially hate UI changes, will make my decision in a few days if I like it

OwlBoy
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huh, I opted into the new layout months ago. I got use to it quickly.

Edit: I went back to discord to find the server tray/drawer the beta had disappeared. If this is the final version, I’m surprised people are upset. The drawer was the most radical change.

Reading this, I just switched to see as well. That drawer was atrocious UX, and the new design without it is actually pretty good.

I don’t find myself getting frustrated with having to tap repeatedly to do anything, and the separation of DMs and servers is cleaner and more intuitive than the old layout where they were mixed together.

voxel
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well the drawer sounds nice in theory, but the implementation wasatrocious.
I’m actually not against just putting the server list at the bottom, as discord is basically unusable with single hand atm

@tory@lemmy.world
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I dont understand the outrage. It’s slightly different, oh no. Back in my day, we used a shitty bright white Windows 95 style UI voice chat program called Ventrilo, and WE LIKED IT.

We had ICQ by the time I was 16 or so…

@the_q@lemmy.world
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Discord offers subscriptions and micro transactions in a chat app. This is the future of everything thanks to people going “oh it’s not so bad”.

voxel
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“oh, at least there are no ads”
except they’re shoving microtransaction ads literally everywhere.
Various practices that make you feel like you’re missing out by not buying nitro.
Profile decoration shop ads almost in every single place.
There’s even a dedicated nitro gift button on the message bar.

@Dippy@lemmy.world
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I like nitro for the audio and stream quality benefits. It’s not much money and makes the experience with friends better.

Doesn’t seem much different than streaming services asking for more for 4k streaming.

voxel
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…stream quality is fully controlled by client side.
you don’t need nitro for streaming at any quality you want to, just any client mod

@kofe@lemmy.world
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I have shit internet so the audio and stream quality does matter to me - its the universal emojis and sound board that keeps me paying. I’m not ashamed

@Dippy@lemmy.world
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Haha the extra sound board slots are a nice perk too. Nothing as satisfying as the John Cena intro when something goes your way in a game.

@the_q@lemmy.world
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Then they ask for a little more… Then a little more… This is why Netflix is $20/mo now because not enough people have the will to do without. These companies make you feel as if you’re missing out or that you can’t survive without their services, and when that happens they own you.

@aesen1@lemmy.world
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Source: like 7 people on twitter X

@g33z@lemmy.world
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51Y

How do I persuade my friends to switch to Mumble? x]

Rose56
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How do I persuade my friends to switch to Mumble?

you wanted to say teamspeak right? right ?

@Lobreeze@lemmy.world
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51Y

Ventrilo

That would make raiding in WOW Classic feel more authentic

@theherk@lemmy.world
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Prethoryn Overmind
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One Google search on Dextero and I will pass one using it as a source of information.

@Dagnet@lemmy.world
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Actually black theme already won me over

@EvilLootbox@lemmy.world
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If you want to destroy my sweater app, hold this thread, as we walk away

@Vytle@lemmy.world
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This is honestly just people hating it because its different? There is no feature removal, its just built differently. Also i find it disgusting that THIS is why people are boycotting nitro. Imagine being comfortable supporting probably the largest service hosting CSAM (and not doing much about it) but drawing the line at it taking an extra tap to view server members.

I mean they’ve broken the app for me. After about 15 minutes the message window won’t refresh regardless if I change channels or servers. Notifications take me nowhere so I need to go find the event myself. I’m only a light user so I’m sure there is more. It’s not just because it’s different, I actually like the new UI better.

CSAM?

@misophist@lemmy.world
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“Child Sexual Assault Material”. An alternate name for “Child Porn” (CP).

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