Forced arbitration means any legal disputes you may have with Discord must be resolved through a single third party mediator, who 99% of the time is chosen by, and will rule in favor of, the corporation/Discord. This effectively removes all your legal rights as a consumer, because arbitration decisions are legally binding and non-appealable.
The new ToS goes into effect April 15th, 2024.
YOU CAN OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION. You must email arbitration-opt-out@discord.com BEFORE MAY 15TH (30 days after ToS effective date) with your username stating that you wish to opt out of the arbitration clause. Once May 15th passes you are bound to arbitration with Discord forever.
Opt-out before it’s too late.
I did - biggest snag was permissions in docker container, then I couldn’t figure out how admin configuration was setup (who calls an admin account “SuperUser”?!). I kept giving the general join password prompt the admin pass, thinking that was the only credential and it would bind my account with admin rights. It was only when I read the fourth tutorial (yes, the first three were outdated or wrong, and the official docs were as useful as a doorstop) and they mentioned specifically “SuperUser” as the account, did I try that. Oh look, a new password field!
silently rages
But after that, it was as expected.
Yes!!! I think I remember seeing that!