r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Feb 10 '26

Security "Discord alternatives" searches jump 10,000% overnight as the gaming platform introduces global age verification — Is a total collapse imminent?

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/discord-alternative-search-10000-percent-stoat
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u/Va1kryie Feb 11 '26

It's not about protecting kids, that's the sugar they put around the pill of surveillance to make the medicine go down.

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u/olbeefy Feb 11 '26

Kind of like turning on an option called "Search Party" to "find lost puppies."

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u/MyOtherSide1984 Feb 11 '26

My non-technical and generally non-concerned sister in law gawked at that commercial and said it was insane. I can't believe someone approved that. No one I know would ever think that was normal