I know Discord is enshittifying and I’m all for switching to open source instead.
But everyone’s reason for leaving seems to be:
“Discord wants my ID for age verification and I don’t like that.”
And the new apps will be subject to the exact same laws.
Are users just not realizing that (and therefore in for a rude awakening), or am I missing something?
If everyone switches to disparately hosted Discord alternatives, maybe they will think twice about passing such laws because they will be impractical to enforce. I think the biggest reason they are getting passed now rather than ten years ago is because it has become somewhat technically feasible with the level of centralization the internet has devolved into, they can actually expect that people will put up with it rather than just leaving the platforms that comply.