Data saving mode?

Kurofox

I am a student, so I'm on a limited data budget. Discord is great fun, but it eats up data so quickly that I risk overdraft. Can the devs make a data saving mode ,( minimizing functions, disable auto image load , etc etc) ? Many thanks.

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  • Tre4

    Honestly just the ability to disable gif autoplay when not on wifi would be great. Apollo for ios does this really well as gifs are the biggest data hogger

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  • Mr_Hipe

    The great thing about Discord voice chat is that it still works well with 64kb/s connection speed which is amazing! But using chats is really difficult at that speed because it has to load profile pictures and rich media content all the time. So please give us the option to disable automatic download of media content and profile pictures.

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  • Realxeng

    The recent update had me cross my internet limit. Never had happened before this month. Please make Data saving mode or something

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  • Tre4

    Honestly just the ability to disable gif autoplay when not on wifi would be great. Apollo for ios does this really well as gifs are the biggest data hogger

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  • Warrən

    Dear Developers,

    Please give this request the serious consideration it deserves.

    Best Regards

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  • Nero_umu
    • Edited

    After the update of Discord with the stickers and banner profile, it became something that limited data plan can't afford to use app. It eats instantly 2mb data on opening, even tried on a fresh new account with no server and no much friends (4-10). I am suspecting of the official stickers that it's there, maybe loading on the background. This really needs a fix. Before the update it was all fine with the features given "User Settings > Text and Images.

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  • JonathanMM

    We use discord in our non govermental organisation. When we use public transport, there are many issue with the android application : send message fail, when network come back message are lost, message disappeared before display again, no system to send automatically message when the network come back.

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  • JonathanMM

    We use discord in our non govermental organisation. When we use public transport, there are many issue with the android application : send message fail, when network come back message are lost, message disappeared before display again, no system to send automatically message when the network come back.

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  • JPBBerry

    If you go to User Settings > Text and Images
    There’s plenty of options to limit what you need!

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  • syu
    • Edited

    I'm not sure if it's a good idea to bump suggestion posts from months ago, but I agree with this 1000%.

    As a student on a limited data budget (where the amount of money I have saved up on the phone is less than $3), this would be a very great idea. Even with disabling photo previews and auto-play of GIFs, the app still eats up a lot of data from loading the avatars, server icons, and other image files.

    If this idea is implemented, it would make a ton of other people's lives and my life a million times better. In other words, commenting for awareness.

    (❁´◡`❁)

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  • CreamDaddy (anime/yt/hentai)

    I think that's a good idea

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  • charitwo
    This would be a good feature on any client, not just a phone. Think tethering or 3G/4G enabled laptops, etc.
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  • Phaze
    • Edited

    Basically, from what I have seen, discord downloads all new messages even from servers you don't want to see. So that's why I think it uses so much data. :D

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