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Before everyone freaks completely out, the headline is a little bit clickbaity. Yes, they are ads, and yes they will be on mobile, so I suppose that technically wasn't a lie. But they are probably not what you're expecting based on reading "mobile ads" alone.
Desktop Discord has had "quests" for a little while now. You watch a thing and then get a thing. Normally it's an in-game item, or might be a temporary discord profile frame or something.
These are optional and in my experience they've only popped up once a month or so. They are a mild annoyance to hide once in a while at worst and at best I have watched one or two for games I actually play.
This is that, coming to mobile now.
Yeah, not buying it. I’m getting spammed with „quests” from multiple apps now that got the same idea. Seems like a workaround for Apple App Store rules where apps shouldn’t be using notifications for ads, but „quests” are fine somehow. It’s always apps that need notifications and are so important you can’t uninstall them. Gee, what a coincidence.
Considering my mobile app doesn't even load half the time I try it, I look forward to ads crippling it even more.