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[–] [email protected] 54 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

Oh. This is their vision quest optional ad thing. Not that its great but these exist on desktop already, and can be completely disabled in settings. This post just now reminded me that they made that, I turned it off and completely forgot.

They also say that the option to disable it will exist on mobile too. Its shitty that there are ads at all but this is about the least offensive option I've ever seen. Can't promise it won't creep out and get worse later but yeah.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Its shitty that there are ads

i mean there has to be a way to fund the business. ads are fine as long as there is a way to remove them through options or paying a reasonable fee.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The setting says "If you opt out you might still see Quest promotions, but they won't be personalized to your activity". I'm on Nitro Basic (The 3 dollar a month plan.) and I don't see any method for disabling them completely.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I pay for Nitro yearly to the tune of $15 a month and the ads cannot be disabled, only hidden after they come up.

So yeah, I've cancelled my subscription, this is only going to get worse, especially once they're completely beholden to shareholders.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 30 minutes ago

Yeahhh ive supported discord for about 5 years now with full nitro and if they’re going to show me ads no matter what then I’m canceling right now.

I had hope when they rejected Microsoft’s offer. But they were just waiting for the bigger fish.

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