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?
You’re missing something. Those laws are regional. Discord is applying them globally.
Not because they should or because there are transparent legislative demand but because they want to be ripe for purchase as soon as they go public.
Right. They’re probably being paid to collect this information for their own use, and for sale.