Discord's plan to require face scans or ID verification is capitulation to overbearing legislation that's still far from universal.
  • frank@sopuli.xyz
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    2 天前

    I don’t really understand how enshittification like this is better for the IPO. Is it because the company can secretly sell data better or something?

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      9·
      2 天前

      I forget where I read this but one theory is that having a large portion of the gaming market with verified identities on their platform positions them to impose vendor lock-in and extract rents from game companies when these laws start applying to them and they will be looking for turnkey solutions.