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this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2026
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I anticipate that this is an effort to clamp users into their ecosystem
Every Discord user is already in their "ecosystem". Even if you use a third party client, every single message you send is available to them to scan/sell to advertisers or cops with zero barriers whatsoever.
The only benefit of a third party client (besides UX enhancements and customization) is that Discord can't execute malware/spyware natively on your PC. This is something they will inevitably do in the future in an effort to chase endless growth, but afaik it's not happening today. They make enough money from the data they harvest from your chats, at least for now.
Which is what I meant.
There are lots of Vencord plugins that allow you to get Nitro functionality (or close enough anyway) for free. I don't expect them to be particularly fond of that.