Using IRC isn't nearly as complicated as you make it out to be. Kids in the 90s/2000s would frequently have it open in internet cafes along with Star Craft or w

Using IRC isn't nearly as complicated as you make it out to be. Kids in the 90s/2000s would frequently have it open in internet cafes along with Star Craft or whatever else they were playing. The move to Discord says more about features (which I won't deny are nice) and marketing than it does about usability. And most of the world's teenage population isn't on Discord.