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That would be cool, but vertical integration does have a bunch of obvious advantages, which is why you see open source options often struggle compared to proprietary equivalents, like here, or with Discord vs IRC.


As much as I hate Discord, I do not think it is a fair comparison. Discord offers much more than IRC does, and requires less knowledge to get started.


Exactly.

Not an uncommon state of affairs, for open sources va proprietary.


Is there an open source project that is doing well that has similar functionalities that Discord offers though?


That’s exactly what I’m saying. Open source software often struggles to provide the same functionality. The nature of open source makes it harder.


Yeah I know that it is your point. In any case, are we sure there really is no open source alternative? Maybe there is not because Discord is a bit "unique". Perhaps since then open source alternatives have spawned, or will spawn.




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