I agree with other commenters. Before Discord, voice over internet was not easy. Skype, Google Meet, Vent, TeamSpeak, and that other one I can't remember the na

I agree with other commenters. Before Discord, voice over internet was not easy. Skype, Google Meet, Vent, TeamSpeak, and that other one I can't remember the name of that we used for a while. Discord works. It works well. It might just be the most "desktopy" Internet app that I've ever used (yes more than GDocs). If you don't want to pay for things, you get ads. And the ad market has been slowly deflating for over a decade. Just look at Twitch's most recent actions for just how well the ad supported Internet is treating users and content creators. Pay for shit, or else.