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I think Discord does a lot of things that no one other program can also do. There are certainly better programs out there for voice chat, for text chat, for screen sharing, etc. but none of those programs that do it better can do all the other stuff.
If Discord dies, you would need like two or three other apps to replace all of the features you've lost.
For people who only use Discord for voice, it's easy to say "Let's just got back to using TeamSpeak or Ventrillo", but if you also used Discord to stream your games to your friends, you now need to find another alternative for that since TS and Vent don't have that function and likely never will.
It sucks because I think the Discord app is great for what it does. Yes, it creates information silos when everybody uses it for their support/documentation, but before Discord it was Facebook/Twitter and I didn't use those platforms either. I like that Discord is packed with features and the most basic ones are free to use. Finding an alternative will be tough.
A lot of companies have moved from Slack to Discord in the past couple of years, so maybe it's possible for private users to do the reverse? Slack has text, image, voice, and screen sharing. 🤷♂️
I use Slack for work and I kinda hate it. I can't really explain why. Something about it offends my senses on a subconscious level.
TeamSpeak does offer streaming now
I haven't used it in over a decade so I'm not surprised it has new features. Good to know. Thanks for sharing.