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Discord plans to roll out third-party ads on its mobile apps, starting with a mobile pilot for Video Quests, video ads that let users earn rewards, in June 2025. (www.prnewswire.com)
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Discord announces plans to expand its successful Video Quests advertising format to mobile devices. This strategic move marks the company's first mobile ad offering, significantly broadening reach for advertisers while maintaining Discord's commitment to user-first, reward-focused advertising experiences. The initial pilot for Video Quests on Mobile will launch in June 2025, offering advertisers a prime opportunity to showcase trailers, make impactful announcements, and highlight premium content to Discord's player community.

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[–] DuskyRo@lemmy.world 67 points 5 days ago (20 children)

Obligatory Revolt mention.

https://revolt.chat/

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

Matrix already exists and has a viable long-term financial plan thanks to the Matrix foundation.

I can't find any relevant funding for Revolt.

Initial filing of the Revolt Platforms Ltd. company.

Unlike the Matrix Foundation, this is a private company with some sort of profit-motive in mind and 100 shares with 75% of them belonging to Pawel Makle.

Matrix Foundation is a non-profit organization. Matrix is already federated. Matrix can already be self-hosted. Matrix already has a Discord-like UI. Matrix already has video calls. Matrix already has screen sharing. Matrix already has a viable financial future.

What's with this viral marketing for this private company ~~based in the UK, a place that similar to the US, doesn't have the best privacy laws?~~ (Scratch that, I thought Matrix was based in Germany, the Matrix Foundation is also in the UK as a Community Interest Company)

[–] farcaller@fstab.sh 1 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately, matrix doesn’t have a viable plan for federation, meaning that you'd better onboard on matrix.org or else.

People saying self-hosting mastodon is hard never had to touch matrix. It's not hard, the protocol is literally broken to the point where starting again is not an option.

I’m all in for ditching discord, but matrix is at most mediocre in almost every aspect. It's wild how much easier it used to be with xmpp.

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