[the_fire_friar]

I will be pleasantly surprised if Discord could reach a $1 trillion dollar market cap on that business model.

[wintermutestwin]

Oh yes, an IRC service and a blog really need that kind of $ to thrive. /s

[nabaraz]

I think OP is making the case that all ultra-successful companies eventually gives up on ethics and their founding principles.

[ipaddr]

Discord has reached a phase where many users would like to replace them and other startups are looking for a way to replace them.