What's the point of switching to Discord alternatives, if they're going to be subject to the same age verification laws? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@programming.dev

26 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I know Discord is enshittifying and I'm all for switching to open source instead.

But everyone's reason for leaving seems to be:

"Discord wants my ID for age verification and I don't like that."

And the new apps will be subject to the exact same laws.

Are users just not realizing that (and therefore in for a rude awakening), or am I missing something?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] redparadise@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 days ago

If private self hosted instances are being tracked down with the full force of the law then well, the implications of how one is living in such a world would mean having much larger problems.

Anyways anonymous communication in such a dystopia would depend on peer to peer applications and like tor and function via bridges.

this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026

69 points (89.7% liked)

Opensource

5584 readers

120 users here now

A community for discussion about open source software! Ask questions, share knowledge, share news, or post interesting stuff related to it!

Credits

Icon base by Lorc under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

⠀

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

pylapp@programming.dev