Wayland and audio is fixed, but only on the canary branch for the moment, this isnt lazy either, they changed the whole screenshare flow to suit linux’s permission prompts

  • tiramichu@lemm.ee
    2·
    7 months ago

    I was almost convinced they were keeping this broken on purpose, it’s been broken so long. Like, years long.

    It was broken so long I honestly wouldn’t have been surprised if news surfaced that Discord was taking back-handers from Microsoft under the table to keep it broken. With steam working so well on Linux now, broken discord streaming without actual working audio share was one of the last things that posed a hurdle for gamers ditching Windows.

    (In the meantime, thank you Vesktop for your service <3)

    • deadcream@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      7 months ago

      It was broken so long I honestly wouldn’t have been surprised if news surfaced that Discord was taking back-handers from Microsoft under the table to keep it broken.

      Tech companies are fully capable of being lazy for free. Fixing this takes dev time from other work that brings Discord money so doing this costs them, especially considering that Linux userbase must be rather tiny. 99% of software companies don’t give a shit about making quality product and will always try their hardest to do as little work as possible while making as much money as possible. If fixing a bug will cost them more than potential profits from making it work then they won’t fix it.

    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipOP
      1·
      7 months ago

      I saw something from a discord dev (can’t find it, so grain of salt) about how there was interest recently to do it, but they’d have to work on other stuff that affected everyone first, and they’d probably get it done by q4 2024, guess they were right.

      I think before then the whole linux graphics and audio space hadn’t really stabilized enough for them to be interested.

  • flashgnash@lemm.ee
    1·
    7 months ago

    I’ve been screen sharing from discord on hyprland for months, it wasn’t already working?

    • Faresh@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Last I checked I could only share specific windows, not the whole screen. Later there was also an update with a window or screen selection dialogue that didn’t work at all, I think. After that I stopped using it on wayland.

      • flashgnash@lemm.ee
        1·
        7 months ago

        I regularly share my whole screen

        I have an issue with the dialog box popping up multiple times but that’s it, still works

        The only caveat is window specific sharing often doesn’t work because of how Wayland works

  • Flatfire@lemmy.ca
    1·
    7 months ago

    Oh my fuck, finally. Good lord Discord, only took you eons to get that working with Wayland after you broke it.

    I get that there’s other things like Discord out there, but nothing works like Discord.

      • Flatfire@lemmy.ca
        1·
        7 months ago

        Not if I want calling, video chat, screen sharing and role based chat rooms all in the same place. I’ve explored this, but it just isn’t feature complete enough at the moment. I’d definitely describe myself as a Discord power user and Matrix just doesn’t manage it.

        • index@sh.itjust.works
          0·
          7 months ago

          Calls and video chats works just fine in matrix and client like element allow you to integrate other services if you don’t like the default ones.

          I’d definitely describe myself as a Discord power user

          You sound a lot like someone who use windows. We are on a linux sub.

          • Flatfire@lemmy.ca
            1·
            7 months ago

            I am a Linux user. Bizarre assumption to make given my excitement over a Wayland specific Discord feature. But I don’t have any actual qualms with how Discord implements its own services. Matrix just doesn’t fit the bill for me. If you enjoy it, and it suits your needs then all the power to you. It just isn’t what works for me.

      • sntx@lemm.ee
        01·
        7 months ago

        Sent by me:

        Dear Discord Privacy Team!

        I’m writing to you to inform you that your platform (mobile, desktop, browser) can enforce the user to verify their account with a phone number, after the user has changed their E-Mail adress. This is a serios privacy problem! I’d like you to verify that you don’t intend on providing other (more privacy friendly) means of account verification apart from providing the phone number. I suddenly cannot use my Discord account due to this and I object to providing a phone number.

        Kind regards, ~sntx

        Their answer:

        Discord Privacy Team (Discord Support)

        Hi there,

        Thanks for reaching out to us. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to assist you here. This channel is reserved for privacy questions and requests.

        It looks like this is a question for our Customer Support team. We recommend that you resubmit your request and choose the appropriate reporting option. You can do so here: […].

        In the meantime you can check out our Help Center for more info on everything Discord.

        We appreciate your understanding.

        Sincerely, Discord Privacy Team

        • DacoTaco@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 months ago

          But its a server setting to need phone verification. Im on a ton of servers and never provided them my phone number. One server changed access rights manually for my username because i refused to give discord my phone number when they enabled the verification requirement haha.
          Also, their response is terrible haha