@xgranade Partner of mine just signed up for an XMPP server (I already used XMPP) - which, similarly works across servers, and can cover almost everything I needed from discord (+ allows end to end encryption)The hardest part of them signing up was waiting for the server admin to approve their account.So, there's options that aren't particularly difficult to use or set up, that also don't lock you and all your friends into a singular server/provider. ... some of the options ~ 30 years old.