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.

  • TherouxSonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
    711·
    1 year ago

    That comparison is poor. Kroger is a store for groceries. If DropBox started saying files were temporary, I’d think that was ridiculous. Discord should have always required a third party storage solution for longer term storage. They’re a chat app. Like zoom. And zoom provides integration with cloud file services.

    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      154·
      1 year 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·
        1 year 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·
          1 year 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.