So You Want To Write An Open Source Discord Replacement

Things you don’t need:
- federation/distributed systems
- multiparty end-to-end encryption
- an entirely new operating system kernel specially designed to—

Things you DO need:
- a user interface that is Normal
- the ability to use languages other than English and writing systems other than Latin
- higher standards of user experience than how irc actually works in the real world
- any fucking clue how Discord works and why people use it

I have muted replies to this post due to the usual reasons

@0xabad1dea Dear user, please download our program and then use this Terminal command to bypass system security feature
@0xabad1dea @isis yeah, that tends to happen when properly using the system security features require an annual ransom

@isis @0xabad1dea com.apple.quarantine is not a security feature.

It is a sales tool.

@isotopp @0xabad1dea If you’re German, I must ask you not to reply to my posts. T.I.A.
@isis @0xabad1dea if you can't get your macOS app notarized, why are you even developing a Mac app to begin with
@rive @isis @0xabad1dea It costs a negligible amount per year, there’s really no reason not to unless you just don’t wanna