by removing discord i literally lose access to every project that i have to use discord in order to be in, and forfeit a lot of effort i've put into things. for my Own, personal projects i have to use discord in order to communicate with the vast majority of users and communicate with the vast majority of people who contribute to them, because forums are very much not preferable anymore to the average joe. i've tried.
aside from THAT, i lose access to the less connected parts of friend groups i'm in or have met on discord entirely. i use these friend groups to get feedback on things, or for general discussions on things i can't really talk about anywhere else.
aside from even THAT, i lose access to a bunch of irls i'm not friends with or don't have close contact with anymore. i lose access to everyone i don't talk to regularly through whatsapp, basically, such as random coworkers, people who attend my school, stuff like that.
your suggestion is to stop using the app entirely right now, which would be equal to erasing all of my presence, personal projects connections and contributions i've made within the past several years online. the issue isn't what the app provides, it's the things around what it provides which i explained in OP and the messages shortly after.
the only way i can really avoid this is if everyone moved to a platform like discord but without the major glaring issues, which doesn't seem to be likely to happen any time soon. if it was that easy i literally just would have deleted the app and not said anything about it. cmon man.
