I like, and use, Discord daily, and like it a lot. But I have to agree: Eventually, management will start to more aggressively monetize it (i.e., "pull the rug

I like, and use, Discord daily, and like it a lot. But I have to agree: Eventually, management will start to more aggressively monetize it (i.e., "pull the rug from under their free users"). Truly free (e.g., IRC) alternatives seem like the only long-term solution, otherwise people will keep stumbling from one commercial platform to another, because they never last.