Google vs Discord
Based on our analysis, Discord is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Discord | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 26/100 | C+ · 58/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (8) | Mixed (52) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (42) | Mixed (55) |
| What you can do | Mixed (58) | Positive (72) |
| What they promise | Mixed (55) | Positive (65) |
Google tracks almost everything you do online — every search, email, location, video, and website visit — across all their products and millions of third-party sites, then uses it to sell ads. They do give you unusually good tools to review and delete your data, but the defaults collect everything.
View full analysis →Discord collects your messages, activity, device data, and behavioural signals, and uses them for personalisation and sponsored content targeting — but it doesn't sell your data, encrypts voice and video end-to-end, and gives you genuine in-app controls over most processing. The biggest risks are public server content being used to train AI systems and third-party bots operating largely outside Discord's privacy guarantees.
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