I won’t disagree. My anecdote was from 4–5 years ago. We’d assessed that Discord was too much for us specifically. I had used the Mumble Android app from F-Droi

I won’t disagree. My anecdote was from 4–5 years ago. We’d assessed that Discord was too much for us specifically. I had used the Mumble Android app from F-Droid a time or two to communicate while on the go just to chat. As for the hosting, at the time I also had dynamic DNS and actual ISP and it was lightweight enough to self-host a room with a couple of people without issue. I think not dealing with hosting probably is a big issue for a lot of people. Monetarily the difference is small, but philosophically free vs. $2/mo is massive.