[treenyc]

I'm curious why would people use a closed source software, when you can use something like https://riot.im

Please let me know. I may be missing something.

[eikenberry]

Games vs general use. By targeting gamers Discord is able to customize the experience to make it better for games.

[Zaheer]

Kind of like Twitch vs Youtube even

[eikenberry]

Exactly.

[romanovcode]

Marketing.

[Crespyl]

The incredibly slick ease of use/user onboarding doesn't hurt either.

[roastbeef]

why do people always push matrix on ycombinator when other companies launch their own chat products?

[treenyc]

when there is an equally good x in open source, why would anyone use closed sourced alternative?

Is it not a valid question?

If it is the marketing, service of support then let me know.