What's the point of switching to Discord alternatives, if they're going to be subject to the same age verification laws? (sh.itjust.works)

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I know Discord is enshittifying and I'm all for switching to open source instead.

But everyone's reason for leaving seems to be:

"Discord wants my ID for age verification and I don't like that."

And the new apps will be subject to the exact same laws.

Are users just not realizing that (and therefore in for a rude awakening), or am I missing something?

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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 73 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't actually live in a country that has mandatory age verification for social media, and AFAIK even the US still doesn't have it. Discord is doing this because they want the data, not because it's the law.

Either way, the recent Discord data breaches have proven that they cannot be trusted with this data.

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