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Discord CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company
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It's not that people are lazy, it's that a feasible alternative does not exist yet.
What is wrong with the available programs out there?
None of them come close to doing a single thing better than Discord, or even at the same level as Discord. There simply isn't an application that realistically competes with any one of Discord's features yet, let alone the entire suite. Every other platform currently available is either a downgrade in terms of features/functionality, or costs the user money (which immediately makes it prohibitive for 99% of users).
Found the lazy