They supposedly can be disabled in settings- but we all know that won’t last. They’re going full Microsoft Skype mode and it’s only a matter of time.

    • tb_English
      5•7 months ago

      On a glance it seemed to work well enough.

      There’s also Matrix chat, which is federated.

    • qazEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      Yeah, functionally it’s much more similar to Discord. It’s a shame it isn’t federated.

      • @douglasg14bEnglish
        1•7 months ago

        What does being federated give it?

        • qazEnglish
          1•7 months ago

          It means users aren’t dependant on a centralized service provided by the developers themselves.

          • @douglasg14bEnglish
            1•7 months ago

            That doesn’t really answer the question since anything that is self-hostable already meets your criteria even if it’s not federated.

            • qazEnglish
              1•7 months ago

              It’s a communication platform. People are forced to use the same host if they want to communicate on a non-federated platform.