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How to Temporarily Bypass Discord ToS Update (lemmy.today)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Steps

1: Use browser Addon uBlock Origin or other extension for picking and disabling HTML such as Tampermonkey etc.

Open Discord in Browser
Pick and make filter against elements:

discord.com##.scrollerBase__65223.thin__62e51.content_b28aab
discord.com##.rootWithShadow_d20cd6.fullscreenOnMobile__05784.small_f8e677.root_a28985
discord.com##.withLayer__29ace.backdrop__1a911

NOTE: This will also bug the preview for files when you click them, but it's still usable.

For those of you who wish to backup Discord posts and conversations, you have a few choices.

If you are very tech-savvy you can transfer everything over to a Matrix Self-Host, then take it offline so that it functions as a storage medium.
You can use several open source tools such as Tyrrrz's discord chat exporter

Be warned: leaking your Discord User Authentication Token could be potentially harmful.

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[–] PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This got me thinking the other day... How on earth does tapping a square on your phone become a legally binding agreement? There's no signature, verification of identity, etc., so how is me just saying "It wasn't me who clicked yes", not enough to totally invalidate this "agreement"? Especially in the case of forced arbitration clauses, if I don't even provide my real information to Discord, how on earth could anyone legally say I can't sue them?

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In the vast majority of cases the agreements will not hold up in court, but the problem is that in the USA the winners pay their own legal fees so most average citizens can't afford to even enter a legal battle. Even if we used a system like the UK where the loser pays for the winner's legal fees by default, it could still be months to years and the attorney's might not be able to work pro bono for that amount of time.

[–] PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah, the old faithful, "legally binding until you spend a million dollars proving that it's not" strategy. Classic.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yup, winning is often losing.

The best option is to just not use services with bad TOS.