If you use Discord, you need to know about this

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[alexwilson]

It is unacceptable that this is not only legal but is opt-out instead of opt-in

[MyMrAnimal]

If you're an EU Resident, this does NOT apply to you in accordance with the Digital Services Act, article 21.

[sharksgrr]

christ having to EMAIL THEM to opt out is insane.

[rdeyethdimension]

Here is a template

Dear Sir or Madam:
I am writing to opt out of the arbitration clause in my agreement with Discord Inc. dated
March 15 2024, Effective Date April 15 2024 for the exercise of the "Opt-out." clause under the title "Settling disputes between you and Discord." This email serves as both
action declining the agreement to arbitrate and notice of such exercise of "Opt-out." clause.

[YoYoBobbyJoe]

Reminder that an overwhelming majority of contracts you agree to nowadays in the US have one of these arbitration agreements. There is a bill called the FAIR Act (Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal) that proposes to make forced arbitration illegal. Write your representatives and your senators to let them know they should be supporting this bill.

[bananasauz]

They extended it to 90 days, but you should still IMMEDIATELY opt out. Don't wait, do it now.

[Zandercraft]

They tried doing this already in like 2018. I still have the opt-out email from that.
Whole thing has just been deja-vu for me. Surprised more people arent mentioning their previous attempts.

[falcofurious]

You need a lawyer to react to this because I’m positive this won’t hold up in an actual lawsuit. I’ve seen something similar before by a lawyer. He said something like: You can’t just have everyone sign an umbrella clause that absolves you of all lawsuits. It’s completely outside of reason.

[houndgirl]

Companies really testing their luck aren't they smh

[germtray]

Y'all remember when Discord was a indie company what the heck happened to them

[grygaming]

A quick fact. It actually hurts them more unless they move their headquarters out of California. California law actually makes it so that any arbitration they get stuck with all the fees win or lose.

[TheJanstyler]

This ontop of the fact that Discord is planning to add Ads makes me think that someone there really likes Teamspeak and whats to see a resurgence.

[sodasalesman]

man it really should be illegal to make agreements like this opt-out instead of opt-in

[kaymojil]

I ran headfirst into this with protein powder, of all things. The inside seal described committing to arbitration. This warning was not posted on any online seller and it said you should return the product for a refund if you disagreed instead of opening it but no one would refund me. Totally sketch.

[Cyntaria]

It only applies to US residents. I read the clause and it only specifies US residents and no one else. There is a section for EU residents but they're not affected, it basically boils down to "your government won't let us".

[EndlessHad]

If you had a legitimate case against discord no judge would throw it out over this attempt at them covering their ass

[markdarc]

This should be illegal. In 90% of cases I’m fine with businesses doing whatever but a business shouldn’t be able to say “agree to this and I’m above the law”

[Zee]

Yennefer of Vengerberg down to the outfit lmaooo

[Drummerx]

Discord's original 2015 ToS included pretty much the same Arbitration clause and it included the same 30 day opt out period, though in 2015 I can't find the opt out email in the ToS.

However, their opt out email address has been provided in the ToS itself since at least 2020, contains the same 30 day out-out period, and has remained the same address (the one provided in this video).

Say whatever you want about the arbitration clauses in general, but this video made it seem like Discord is up to some new nefarious legal shenanigans when they haven't done anything legally different since their initial debut. You've also almost definitely encountered similar opt out clauses with Facebook, Google, TikTok, Whatsapp, and every other service you use regularly.

[CookieCruncha]

I'm commenting to boost engagement and make sure this gets out to more people.

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.