Why does the whole world smell like a giant gamergate? Why is there just no shame, the same endless bad pervading it's way everywhere?

Matrix/Element seems the best drop-in replacement for Discord. Can set up chatrooms in Discord "server"-style, or as persistent DMs with others. In the chatrooms, you can make text chat spaces and call spaces. No dedicated voice chat space, you just dont turn on webcam for the call spaces. Pretty sure it uses same voip tech. Selfhostable if you want. Encrypted. Really it is just a barebones but functional Discord. Matrix can be bridged to Discord as well so you can talk between either, should help ease the transition period for anyone jumping ship.

The age verification is pushed (lobbied) by the same companies which collect data: Palantir, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and others.

How do you think EU and UK came to this idea ? Google was pushing it from some time but they needed a "legal framework".

In the future they will not need your phone anymore for border or house searches.