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by trampypizza 1815 days ago
Oh I don't disagree with you!

My purpose was not to suggest you were wrong, just present my experience and thoughts about why it's become so widely used _despite_ the issues you've raised.

I think people overcome the awkward UI because of the perceived benefits of the platform verses alternatives. That has certainly been my experience, which I appreciate is a single data point.

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> I think people overcome the awkward UI because of the perceived benefits of the platform verses alternatives.

I'm sure you're right! The robustness of Discord's call quality definitely seems to be much better than average (though a lot of this comes down to people's local networking hardware).