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?

  • onlinepersona@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    I bet you that the instance size counts. Matrix has many instances you can pick from. You can also self-host or get a managed instance (someone hosts the system for you). And all of this can be done in jurisdictions that don’t have shitty laws.

    So, no, it’s definitely not the same.