Are there any privacy friendly Discord clients or frontends?

I have the impression it’s against their TOS to use an alternative client, so is it worth it to even use one?

  • Madbrad200
    42•1 year ago

    You won’t get banned for using a 3rd-party client or client mod, unless you abuse the API in doing so (which you’re not likely to do accidentally).

    Anyway, the short answer is: yes.

    I think all of the major client mods on PC have anti-tracking plugins. I use Vencord which comes with a “NoTrack” plugin by default (it disables Discord telemetry, metrics, and crash reporting). It also has a “ClearURLs” plugin that removes tracking elements from URLs. BetterDiscord also has similar plugins.

    You can couple these with OpenAsar (it’s compatible with all client mods - I use it alongside Vencord). Along with speeding up your Discord, it also comes with a “DoNotTrack” plugin that disables discord telemetry.

    On Android, you can use Vendetta which, again, has a “NoTrack” Plugin you can add that disables discord telemetry and tracking.

    • sprlOP
      4•1 year ago

      Thanks for OpenAsar, I’d love to resize discord.

    • Vexz
      3•1 year ago

      You won’t get banned for using a 3rd-party client or client mod

      That is not true. A few people have been banned because they used BetterDiscord. It’s rare but it happened before. That’s why I stopped using it.

      • Madbrad200
        2•1 year ago

        This has only ever happened because of plugins that hammer the api

          • Madbrad200
            3•1 year ago

            I’ve used them since 2016. I really doubt anyone has gotten banned for anything other than using plugins that spam the API or access experimental features you’re not meant to have.

            The risk is yours to take though so, fair enough.

    • @[email protected]
      2•1 year ago

      Did they recently reevaluate their stance on banning 3rd party clients? Because I’m pretty sure I was banned for exactly that, about two years ago.

      • Madbrad200
        1•1 year ago

        It would’ve been because you used a plugin that spammed the api

        • @[email protected]
          1•1 year ago

          Not to my knowledge, but oh well. Turns out I much prefer life without Discord anyway, but it’s still annoying that they never actually told me what the ban was for.