Microsoft in talks to buy Discord... Don't forget Micrsoft's LinkedIn is already high up on the list of collecting users' metadata

I realise Discord is a good fit for Microsoft's gaming business, and the reality is when any Internet service becomes big enough, it is very attractive to sell it off for a fortune. But we probably need to remember that Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc are not spending millions or billions of Dollars from the goodness of their hearts... there is a wealth of metadata, personalised advertising revenue, etc at stake.

It's such a pity as in most cases innovation and privacy goes out of the window with these takeovers, but I can sympathise with the creators of the service as the money is tempting, and they usually don't want to spend 100% of time trying to administer a massive service.

See Microsoft in talks to buy Discord

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Microsoft Corp. is in talks to acquire Discord Inc., a video-game chat community, for more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

source https://gadgeteer.co.za/microsoft-talks-buy-discord-dont-forget-micrsofts-linkedin-already-high-list-collecting-users