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Discord Halts Talks With Microsoft on Takeover (updated)
Microsoft is said to be in talks with Microsoft about an acquisition worth $ 10 billion (8.3 billion euros), Bloomberg news agency reports Tuesday.
Discord is a popular chat app among gamers. In closed groups, they can chat and call with each other, for example, to communicate better while playing an online game. During the streaming sessions, users can also talk to each other. VentureBeat reported on Monday that Discord would have approached various parties for a possible takeover. The site wrote based on a source within the company that negotiations with one party were already well advanced.
The deal between Discord and Microsoft is not yet certain, because going public would also be possible. However, according to sources within the company, that is not obvious.
Update April 21, 2021 - Discord has reportedly stopped takeover talks with Microsoft and rejected a 12 billion USD bid reports Wall Street Journal. Chat startup Discord Inc. has halted talks to sell itself to potential suitors including Microsoft Corp. , according to people familiar with the matter, as it resumes interest in a potential initial public offering down the line. Microsoft, whose market value Tuesday stood at nearly $2 trillion, has been on the hunt for acquisitions that would help it reach more consumers.
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#5898562 Posted on: 03/23/2021 12:54 PM
I do not remember last time MS made something better. They want data about our activity or they want to destroy competition in communications.
Those are two main reasons why MS buys something.
If price tag is true, then they are going for our data. (Same way as with linked-in, where I no longer write what I actually do. And keep it outdated.)
Yeah, it was the same with Skype. MS is capable of making communications app, they have just bought it for users and their data. Which is why Skype has been nothing but crap ever since. Because MS simply doesn't care about it.
I do not remember last time MS made something better. They want data about our activity or they want to destroy competition in communications.
Those are two main reasons why MS buys something.
If price tag is true, then they are going for our data. (Same way as with linked-in, where I no longer write what I actually do. And keep it outdated.)
Yeah, it was the same with Skype. MS is capable of making communications app, they have just bought it for users and their data. Which is why Skype has been nothing but crap ever since. Because MS simply doesn't care about it.
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#5898565 Posted on: 03/23/2021 01:02 PM
Please no !!!
I'd rather see it bought by Google or Facebook than MS.
Like that is going to be any better...
Please no !!!
I'd rather see it bought by Google or Facebook than MS.
Like that is going to be any better...
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#5898568 Posted on: 03/23/2021 01:08 PM
If they turn it into an ad-filled shithole like they did with Skype, you can bet people will leave it.
Hopefully they've learned their lesson, but based on recently trying to strong-arm people into their most expensive Xbox subscription, not exactly a century after trying to strong arm people into turbo-Draconian DRM on the XB1 that quite likely cost them that entire generation vs Sony... I don't have high hopes.
MS is already an immortal juggernaut... the capitalist insanity of wanting year-over-year increases in profit, literally infinitely, is insanity. Look how shit all product designs are these days, from software to hardware. They're soulless compared to the past because the ONLY consideration is maximum profit. Any good trait that comes out is because they have to do it for profit, never any single other reason anymore.
MS don't ultra cheap out like shitters on the GPU like they did with the XB1? It's for profits. They fuck off and don't double the price of their shitty pass? For profits. They don't do something ludicrous an insane? You guessed it, profits. Now go enjoy your soulless EA or Ubisoft collect-a-thon that fucks you mid game with a grind slog unless you buy "Time Savers" to cut the grind... in a single player game. They need that money to patent their BS systems, cough it up, like how the Mordor series copyrighted the Nemesis system, a system that existed long before their games.
If they turn it into an ad-filled shithole like they did with Skype, you can bet people will leave it.
Hopefully they've learned their lesson, but based on recently trying to strong-arm people into their most expensive Xbox subscription, not exactly a century after trying to strong arm people into turbo-Draconian DRM on the XB1 that quite likely cost them that entire generation vs Sony... I don't have high hopes.
MS is already an immortal juggernaut... the capitalist insanity of wanting year-over-year increases in profit, literally infinitely, is insanity. Look how shit all product designs are these days, from software to hardware. They're soulless compared to the past because the ONLY consideration is maximum profit. Any good trait that comes out is because they have to do it for profit, never any single other reason anymore.
MS don't ultra cheap out like shitters on the GPU like they did with the XB1? It's for profits. They fuck off and don't double the price of their shitty pass? For profits. They don't do something ludicrous an insane? You guessed it, profits. Now go enjoy your soulless EA or Ubisoft collect-a-thon that fucks you mid game with a grind slog unless you buy "Time Savers" to cut the grind... in a single player game. They need that money to patent their BS systems, cough it up, like how the Mordor series copyrighted the Nemesis system, a system that existed long before their games.
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#5898580 Posted on: 03/23/2021 01:27 PM
Discord is not worth more than The New Star Wars, but it's certainly got better characters
Discord is not worth more than The New Star Wars, but it's certainly got better characters
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Discord is great for game chat, give access to your computer, being hacked... Because yes, the problem is still there after all those years of denied it then said it was solved (so it was existing lol, but they solved doing nothing: this might explain why it is still there).
But yes they have good com lol