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why can't I manage my discord nitro subscription from the app when I can buy it from the app?
Submitted 11 months ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 11 months ago
Donut@leminal.space 11 months ago
This is the case. If you buy it via Google Play, you can edit or end your subscription via Google Play. If you did not, you need to use the desktop app to manage your subscription.
the_q@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lol you pay for emojis.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I pay to be able to share larger files
onelikeandidie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You know you can use Vencord or BetterDiscord to do this for free right? You just get the magic-upload plugin and you’re good
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
You know there are free hosting websites right?
GhostTheToast@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ehh, I’m sure it’s something like if they let you manage your subscription through the play store, Google is entitled to their 30% cut. If you subscribe through desktop, they’d like to keep 100% of the money opposed to 70%. Might be off base, but I’d wager that’s the reason
Elkenders@feddit.uk 11 months ago
But they’re saying you can buy through the app. It’s desktop to cancel.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Because more obstacles in your way like this give you more opportunity to get discouraged and just leave the subscription active longer.
Quite literally there specifically to help seprate you from your money.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 11 months ago
Did you actually purchased the subscription on the app, or you just mean that it’s possible to do so?
If you subscribed somewhere else, the monopolistic owners of the app stores explicitly forbid to manage subscriptions in that case.
If you subscribed on the app, just cancel in the play store, subscription panel (I never subscribed to any app, I boycott software with subscriptions)
Froyn@kbin.social 11 months ago
Because you might cancel it.
Chozo@kbin.social 11 months ago
I could've sworn this practice was recently outlawed? If not, it 100% should be. If you can buy a subscription from one location, you should be able to cancel it from the same location. I feel like I remember reading about a case recently regarding notoriously hard-to-cancel gym memberships resulting in a requirement that you could cancel subscriptions whenever and wherever you wanted, but maybe I'm misremembering.
ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Why do people pay a monthly subscription to use animated emojis lmao
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For me, its exclusively to be able to share larger files through it
joenforcer@midwest.social 11 months ago
Imagine paying for bigger uploads on Discord when Mega is free.
regbin_@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There’s also higher quality live streaming.
BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 11 months ago
Doesn't even make sence because the app is just chromium. Theres no way it cant render the manage page.
Aatube@kbin.social 11 months ago
ackshtually it's react native
BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 11 months ago
Oh. Well even if it was electron damn thing is so bloated it should be able to render the page
JCreazy@midwest.social 11 months ago
That’s the wonderful thing about the free market. You can cancel your subscription to discord nitro at any time and there’s nothing they can do about it. That’s all you have to do. Just cancel it then. You’ll never have to worry about whether or not you can manage anything from the app because you won’t need to. Isn’t it amazing what you could do with your brain and your own money?
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What are you on?
JCreazy@midwest.social 11 months ago
Lemmy
crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 11 months ago
Casusee discord is stupid af, move to xmpp/irc/matrix.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The thing though is, that the communities I’m in don’t just move.
crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 11 months ago
Completely understandable problem, same for me where I have managed to move some smaller part of my community to xmpp but most would want to move to matrix.
With the way things are in my communitty I will prob just selfhost matrix server just to see how it goes.
zipzoopaboop@lemmy.world 11 months ago
At least you don’t have to mail in a request to quit I guess
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Monopolistic abuse by Google and Apple taking rent form every mobile app.
flames5123@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Huh? You can buy it from the app. Therefore they don’t care about the 30% fee. They’re doing this just to spite you and make it difficult to cancel.