Discord will switch to temporary file links to block malware delivery::Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of the year to block attackers from using its CDN (content delivery network) for hosting and pushing malware.

  • @[email protected]
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    -1511 months ago

    It shouldn’t have been. That’s their bad—misuse of file hosting is an obvious result of offering file hosting. Manage your own files. Put them on GitHub or something. And if they’re private they shouldn’t be on any cloud to begin with 🤷‍♂️

    • @[email protected]
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      2911 months ago

      … But it is, and they offer for people to pay them in order to function as such.

      “Kroger shouldnt sell groceries. 🤷‍♀️ Grow your own celery, if you intended to eat it and not sell it you shouldnt have bought it from a store to begin with.”

      • @[email protected]
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        -111 months ago

        You’re beim disingenuous, discord very clearly wasn’t selling file hosting and was simply offering file transfer

        • @[email protected]
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          911 months ago

          They literally were selling that. That was the thing they flaunted as a big reason to pay up, was the permanence of the file storage.

          If they werent aware of that, or its effect on their sales, I would be genuinely shocked. That would be like mcdonalds being surprised people wanted fries with their combo meal.

          • Kayn
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            511 months ago

            Surely you can quote where the permance of file storage “was the thing they flaunted as a big reason to pay up”.

            And no, a mere mention of increased upload sizes is not enough.

      • @[email protected]
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        -411 months ago

        That comparison is poor. Kroger is a store for groceries. If DropBox started saying files were temporary, I’d think that was ridiculous. Discord should have always required a third party storage solution for longer term storage. They’re a chat app. Like zoom. And zoom provides integration with cloud file services.

        • @[email protected]
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          1111 months ago

          Discord is a free chat app that offered a paid service of file storage. Because they arent actually trying to be a chat app.

          They are trying to be a community hub. A hub that offers the bare minimum for a community for free, with paid upgrades to community care, communication, interaction, and convenience.

          Which included file storage. Which is why so many people chose them for their community hub.

          • WorseDoughnut 🍩
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            111 months ago

            that offered a paid service of file storage

            This is just patently false, so you’re either completely clueless or are being dishonest to stir up outrage.

            • @[email protected]
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              011 months ago

              No it isnt? The paid subscriptions upgraded your file upload size with advertised emphasis on the permanence of the upload remaining.

              That was half the reason why emulator communities started moving to discord. Because they could pay to be able to share rom modification files and know discord would act like a running library.

            • @drislands
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              611 months ago

              That is a completely unrelated argument.

                • @drislands
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                  111 months ago

                  Does water falling from the sky cause the ground underneath to become wet?

                  It sure does, but like your questions, has nothing to do with what’s being discussed.