[tylerhou]

Before the username change, to keep my discriminator. Now the main reason is better stream quality — I stream games to my friends often.

Also, in general, I think it’s good to support companies whose (otherwise free) software I use. Maybe if I give them money it will make them less likely to seek “alternative” revenue streams. $8 a month ($3 for Basic) is a fairly affordable way to support a service that I use daily. E.g. I also pay for Strava Premium, Lichess, Godbolt, etc despite almost never actually using their paid features (or they have no paid features).

Disclaimer: I do work for Discord right now (summer intern), but I had been paying for Nitro for ~two years before I joined.

[numpad0]

> Before the username change, to keep my discriminator

So the messaging was "pay by that time or lose ID"? That sounds like an...

[AntonyGarand]

Previously, you had a random 4 digit discriminator assigned to you when you made your account. With nitro, you could choose the discriminator for as long as your subscription was active, which users picked to have a vanity one like `User#0001`

This made it easier to send your id to friends, not having to remember the 4 random numbers but didn't provide any value otherwise.