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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17618684

Forced arbitration means any legal disputes you may have with Discord must be resolved through a single third party mediator, who 99% of the time is chosen by, and will rule in favor of, the corporation/Discord. This effectively removes all your legal rights as a consumer, because arbitration decisions are legally binding and non-appealable.

The new ToS goes into effect April 15th, 2024.

YOU CAN OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION. You must email [email protected] BEFORE MAY 15TH (30 days after ToS effective date) with your username stating that you wish to opt out of the arbitration clause. Once May 15th passes you are bound to arbitration with Discord forever.

Opt-out before it’s too late.

    • BezierEnglish
      29•9 months ago

      Many, many people. It can be very hard to avoid. You must live in a foss bubble to think that no one does.

    • @[email protected]English
      17•9 months ago

      It’s hard NOT to use it when every damn project uses it for announcements and discussions.

      • @Landless2029English
        22•9 months ago

        Be me.

        Playing game. Custom mod.

        New release! Much excite. Find bug.

        Investigate bug. Find replication steps. Take several screenshots.

        Go to report bug. No git. Only discord links.

        Delete screenshots and go back to playing.

        • KillingTimeItselfEnglish
          1•9 months ago

          i genuinely think compiling the bugs with some details in a youtube video and posting it on youtube would be more useful than finding that discord and joining it lmao

          • @Landless2029English
            1•9 months ago

            I’m all for providing free support/testing for community projects…

            But discord is not meant for documentation/management/bug tracking.

            I just can’t even…

            The only way to communicate to the dev is via discord. I don’t mind that. But I don’t want to join yet another server!

            • KillingTimeItselfEnglish
              1•9 months ago

              i genuinely don’t understand why the move has happened, it only seems more annoying than something like github, especially if you work on open source software.

              If you want it to be an method of communication, that’s fine. But the primary is actually insane.

          • @[email protected]English
            5•9 months ago

            What makes you think the Dev will notice a Lemmy post or will even know what Lemmy is, if they’re not even using git for reports and are using a chat client for something that it should have never been used for.

            • @Landless2029English
              2•9 months ago

              I’m also not going to complain about a free mod created by a dev for the community.

              If they wanna have discord as their documentation/issue tracking I just won’t contribute.