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Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with ads (discord.com)
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[โ€“] drislands@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It is a bit baffling. I think it's more ethical than the alternative though: pay gating useful functionality. Offering paid pallete swaps doesn't make a lot of sense to me, someone who would never pay for that, but it does at least mean I can just ignore it. If they were to, say, restrict voice calls to a paid subscription, suddenly I'm in a position where either I'm paying for the service or ditching it entirely.

[โ€“] kautau@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

They already do pay-gate useful functionality, this is just an alternative revenue stream