Really? Why so?
I don't know what "Steam" is. And I did use FreeBSD before, followed a link on the official FreeBSD website, using a regular FreeBSD installation with a browser from ports. And also I did use that "discord" before, for the Que software which run their bugtracker on the discord.
Cloudflare works appropriately well here, with firefox. They usually send one captcha per day, and then on any other site remember me and immediately accept.
Try Mastodon, maybe?
In-general, nah I'd sooner self-host Friendica on an easier PHP stack
I tried FreeBSD's Discord - and got banned for calling out someone who was not only uninformed about how Open Source works, not only had a very cavalier attitude about that, but also tried to use the voice chat section to talk about completely irrelevant topics like how refugees are good for the economy - even though the kid's earlier comments betrayed just how uninformed he was even on that.In-general, nah I'd sooner self-host Friendica on an easier PHP stack
Community-wise, Revolt sound better than Discord's centralized wall-garden, and if there was enough overall interest might be cool for FreeBSD to host their own instance. I'd join it
I'm not sure if Revolt with their hosting handles email verification/2FA differently than Discord.
Sometimes I have exactly opposite experience. Very similar to your on Discord. An endless loop of the captcha. Usually changing User-Agent helps me. The endless loop is a signal that either it can't get some information about your browser/system (maybe some privacy-focused plugins or settings prevent it?) or we are suspicious for them, perhaps due to lack of information about browser/system.
It isn't, but it doesn't prevent them from use catpcha from Google. Maybe they use it?
Facebook wants to play that game every time I try to log-in; I go back and hit Log-in again a couple times until it decides to stop presenting captcha and go to 2FA entry
That link worked perfectly fine for me. Clicked on it, the browser (Safari on MacOS) asked me whether it is allowed to open the Discord app (I gave it permission), I already had a Discord account, and it displays fine for me.
First, there are lots of smartphones that are not owned by Google or Apple, but for example by Motorola, Xiaomi or Samsung. Second, if you think the sole purpose of a smartphone is for Google and Apple to spy on you, then you are non compos mentis.
I regularly use my laptop in locations like a cafe or a school/university (while waiting there), and have had no problem opening Discord. My house's permanent IP address changed (to a completely different provider, interestingly also changing its geolocation by about 10 miles!) a few months ago, and again I had no problems with authentication. This morning I'm on vacation, on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, looking over the beach, about 2500 miles away from home, and the web and Discord are working just fine.
There is a difference between building something and owning it : my desktop computer is built by ASUS, but owned by FreeBSD - that is by me: I can (and do) change it any way I want.
Nope. Anybody who runs a so-called "app" on your smartphone can spy on you. They run their code at their discretion on the device you carry around, and you have no say in it beyond acception.
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Well, tried getting in just now... but it looks like whoever banned me is still pissed over me calling out someone who was uninformed:
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