Same reason moms play solitaire on their phones. Just something they know to pass the time, no need for anything fancy or new.
vmachiel
joined 1 year ago
Well: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/discord-starts-down-the-dangerous-road-of-ads-this-week/
Edit: it’s more loot box stuff.. but it’s step one
It’s actually optimized for them. The goal is to get users to spend time and see ads etc. The UI is not made for us users.
Devils advocate here: it’s their webservice right? They determine who can access it.
If there were legislation that would force them to make it interoperable that would be one thing. But you can’t just demand access to their infrastructure.
Seeing it with a forward slash is just weird.