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honestly as long as the stuff that discord is monetizing stays additive instead of changing services we already use to be paid-for, I really don't mind if discord gives creators (and, by way of that, themselves) ways to generate revenue. Discord, even as a completely free service, is really far ahead of other similar platforms and offerings. I don't expect them to be 100% consumer-first at the expense of generating profits (as much as i wish it were feasible for them to be), but the ways in which they've done that so far have been surprisingly unobtrusive.
I was boosting my server so everyone could use animated emojis. Thing is, people now have to be Nitro subscriber to use them. There has been no warning. I really don’t like those manners of making things that once were "free" premium features.
animated emojis were never under server boosting as far as I know? I can't think of a feature that Discord has made paid that was once free outside of trial periods... ever (with the possible exception of gamewisp emojis which I believe we should discount)
They were. People used them quite often on my boosted server. Now they can’t and have to subscribe to Nitro.