[CodesInChaos]

1. If facebook can be blamed cambridge analytica, discord can be blamed for bots collecting data. Locking down the bot API with exceptions for verified operators is a natural step to avoid such an incident.

In a similar vein, discord doesn't allow custom clients. I think this is a situation where the legal situation should be adjusted.

This also explains why discord is so focused on bots using the bot-api, instead of user-bots. Bots using the API are in some sense condoned by discord, so it's much easier to argue that they're liable for abuse. While user-bots are already disallowed and get banned when detected, so they can already argue that those aren't their fault.

2. Bots often require excessive privileges. For example music bots wanting the right to read messages in all channels or even manage channels (presumably for easier setup), while they should be fine with slash commands and other harmless privileges. I would like to see bots reduce the privileges required to use them.

3. It sounds like the transition was mishandled by discord