Discord will switch to temporary file links to block malware delivery::Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of the year to block attackers from using its CDN (content delivery network) for hosting and pushing malware.

    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      154·
      11 months ago

      Discord is a free chat app that offered a paid service of file storage. Because they arent actually trying to be a chat app.

      They are trying to be a community hub. A hub that offers the bare minimum for a community for free, with paid upgrades to community care, communication, interaction, and convenience.

      Which included file storage. Which is why so many people chose them for their community hub.

      • WorseDoughnut 🍩@lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        that offered a paid service of file storage

        This is just patently false, so you’re either completely clueless or are being dishonest to stir up outrage.

        • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          No it isnt? The paid subscriptions upgraded your file upload size with advertised emphasis on the permanence of the upload remaining.

          That was half the reason why emulator communities started moving to discord. Because they could pay to be able to share rom modification files and know discord would act like a running library.