Because people like to talk to each other sometimes.
And voice channels are a convenient feature people prefer rather than handling yet another tool with its own idiosyncrasies.
And voice is not enough, it also needs video and screen sharing. It all needs to be "free" (AKA someone else pay for it) too, or people will keep using Discord.
People should also be able to create their own servers without worrying about technical details, and again, without directly paying for it.
People should also be able to create their own servers without worrying about technical details, and again, without directly paying for it.
I think this is the real reason why Discord is so ubiquitous nowadays. I remember back in 2017/18, it was really only (PC) gamers who used Discord - because your average PC gamer is somewhat more tech literate than the general. Nowadays, every community and their mother has a Discord server.
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In that case you might as well use other options like Mattermost, Rocket.chat or of course the Matrix route.
You can't reach Discord users that way.
No sane voice support.
https://www.mumble.info/ works for voice.
True, but has a shitty chat interface.
Yeah fair if you do require an all in one solution. It honestly didn't occur to me as I rarely use voice on Discord.
Mattermost supports voice calls now.
Calls are not enough.
why do you need voice support?
& is there no lower-level solution? IE why do you need your discord client to do voice transcription?
Because people like to talk to each other sometimes.
And voice channels are a convenient feature people prefer rather than handling yet another tool with its own idiosyncrasies.
And voice is not enough, it also needs video and screen sharing. It all needs to be "free" (AKA someone else pay for it) too, or people will keep using Discord.
People should also be able to create their own servers without worrying about technical details, and again, without directly paying for it.
That's how high the bar is.
doh, I forgot about voice chat.
I think this is the real reason why Discord is so ubiquitous nowadays. I remember back in 2017/18, it was really only (PC) gamers who used Discord - because your average PC gamer is somewhat more tech literate than the general. Nowadays, every community and their mother has a Discord server.