• feddylemmy@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      39
      ·
      11 months ago

      I don’t deny discord comes with bloat. But the idea that discord needs a “super expensive rig” seems a bit hyperbolic. If you can browse this site, your hardware can probably deal with discord.

      • RT Redréovič@feddit.ch
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        11 months ago

        I can understand that «super expensive» will have a different meaning for different regions but for me it is the case.

        I am using the Thunder Client on Android with some optimizations. But its resource usage is not comparable to Discord at all.

        Regardless, Libre platforms like Lemmy and Matrix allow me to use different clients if one is too heavy for me. This is not the case with Discord.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      11 months ago

      I have a 12 year old CPU and I can flawlessly stream video while I play games to my chat group. Discord is doing petty good.

      • lad@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        11 months ago

        Well, I have 9 years old laptop and when I play something demanding like Valheim, or Risk of Rain 2 with my friends, I have to run Discord on my phone because otherwise I get either performance lags, or network lags, or both. May also be an issue with a shitty network bandwidth, but the phone and laptop are both connected to the same network.