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On reddit you can simply use a tampermonkey script to remove your data. On discord, there is no option to delete all your messages. To the extent that there's a discussion worth having about whether Discord is following the GDPR.

Not tackling security issues means discord is okay with third parties exploiting the software to gain info about certain users - which could include hacker groups or government actors targeting single targets.

I dont think discord can give individual messages over, legally, although they are stored unencrypted on Discord's server.

Alright, replies to my initial comment got me motivated to look for the receipts:

https://discord.com/blog/how-discord-stores-billions-of-messages

• yes discord saves every message forever, to an extent that they are almost certainly breaking GDPR laws.

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/rsxeee/you_should_never_use_discord_and_heres_why/

https://meaww.com/discord-who-owns-jason-citron-microsoft-acquisition-company-net-worth-10-b-talks

I heard this argument so long ago that basically Discord doesnt sell data but instead shares it with shareholders, which includes many ad companies, including tencent. They probably give this data to their linked partners like twitch and Microsoft. Discord still isnt profitable and they are a public company, they are expected to exhaust every opportunity to give value to those shareholders.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90157501/how-widely-do-companies-share-user-data-heres-a-chilling-glimpse

https://stallman.org/discord.html

If you connect to Discord via VPN they will ask for your phone number haha

Climate talks being held in an Oil country that's unsafe for normal people to visit is just sadistic. How did they even come to this decision other than "yeah this would disappoint the most humans possible"?

I have learned absolutely nothing about the strengths and weaknesses of each distro, just learned which ones are difficult to install.

Damn mark Cuban did a thing and now I'm gonna save money. Capitalism actually working as intended? Undercutting brought the price down

Think about WHY only the absurdly wealthy companies would be able to purchase all of that data though. Because that data has immense value. Many authors and artists would certainly refuse to sell. I care that few companies hoard so much wealth and power, but I care more about the current issue that companies with wealth and power dont even have to spend a dime because they are just stealing.

Dont solve the problem of power consolidation on the dime of peoples life's work.

But even under the current rules and system we are meant it have protections. These companies could see consequences. Even in capitalism, which serves capital, even in America, which does so even more fiercely - they have stolen.

I believe communication should not be a commodity. It should be FOSS. I believe discord is free because it feels like something that provides little to no value, and yet the company has shareholders and must provide value to them. Ridiculous.

The main thing investors do with technology is find something free and make a product out of it. This time they flipped the script by stealing, and I want these companies and investors to face consequences. I don't want all of humanity's creative works that have ever been posted online to be repurposed and repackaged by a new technology and then sold.

Why do you read Lemmy, while discounting the opinions and perspectives of other people here?