A bigger problem than a technical alternative is convincing all of your friends to switch.

There are multiple other programs that fill a similar niche, but I don't know I'll be able to get everyone I know to change over.

I definitely will discontinue using Discord if they deploy this surveillance state bullshit, but a little bit sad over the number of gaming buddies I'll lose contact with in the process.

It will take a while for a full on replacement to be viable. People need move to this kind of stuff with friends and small groups for now. As time goes on, the infrastructure and community momentum will build out and make moving feasible for larger groups, though. That's to say, if you've got a massive Discord server with 10 thousand people, 100 different channels, and complex bots, you can't simply knee jerk move it overnight without destroying the community. Number one, the community has to want to move. A switch of that nature starts with people using other options alongside Discord. When there's enough people using something else, there needs to be a good plan laid out for how to build out the new server and make the switch seamless for the users.

I think it looks promising, but it's still very early days. Hopefully they can gain more traction.

Waiting for a C&D from Discord. I'm avoiding on that premise alone.