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I refuse to use discord, it is basically malware. Selfhosting is the only way, and TS3 works great for that.
- how is discord malware?
  
  Huge RAM usage, wierd crashes, causes random lag in games, constant enshittification on-going. No thanks.
  
  That’s not malware, that’s just a bad product
  
  hyperbole, ever heard about it?
  
  Can you use it in a sentence?
  
  "Discord is bad product, hyperbolically said, it works like a malware."
  
  I am sorry but I was not paying attention, could you repeat that?
- Isn't TeamSpeak proprietary though?
  
  Yes, but free
  
  If you can't audit the source code of the program, how do you know if TeamSpeak isn't malware?
  
  Not everything has to be foss, it is in company's best interest to not make it as malware. In last 20 years that I have had TS installed on my server and client, have I had it act like malware. Discord in the other hand has instantly caused issues. Not saying that TS3 doesn't have had bugs, ofc it has had.
  
  If you can trust them not to do anything bad then they can trust you with the source
  
  So you're just trusting them to not do anything bad?
  
  I know that discord is doing bad shit, so yes.
  How often you read the source codes of your tool?
  
  I may not read the source code of every tool I use, but even if the average user doesn't read the source code, having it available for inspection by others in the community increases security, trust, and overall software quality. All a user really has to do is look at the license of the software they use, typically a GPL or similar license, and consider how reputable it is. Not only that, but if you're on Linux already, you can just get most of the software from your distro's repositories.
  
  So no closed source commerical product should ever exist? Discord is one too, I am just selecting one that I can control.
  
  No, you should have the freedom to use it if you want. All I'm saying is that you can't really call TeamSpeak a better alternative, when they're both just as bad (they're both proprietary). If you're looking for a better alternative, consider using Mumble, it's FOSS.
  
  Other is selfhosting and other is service. I pick selfhosted.

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