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It bans us from modifying its source code, sharing its exact and modified copies, using it for any purpose, etc.
We do not control it, anti-libre software.
Which software license do you think Discord is distributed under?
Why put the effort into such a hostile service?
Replied to the wrong comment?
Responding broadly to the thread of folks talking about userScripts & add-ons. This effort would be better put to getting folks to a different protocol where client modification & alternate clients are the norm.
Yeah, some people never learn.
I've been using a modified client for about 2 and a half years now without being banned.
Where's our legal right to modify and share its source code forever? We don't control it.