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Too bad their users in particular aren't the kind to be open minded to other platforms, they just follow the crowd. As an answer to the headline, they'll fail in their attempts to gain in other avenues because not everyone is a follower like gamers are.

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I can only speak to my own experience here, but I use Discord because:

- It's easy to onboard non-technical users.

- It has a huge existing user-base.

- It's feature-rich but with good UX so it doesn't feel overwhelming.

- Voice calls are consistently high quality, even with people that have bad connections.

Gamers have a history of amplifying each others' displeasure with things; if the platform wasn't better than the alternatives (TeamSpeak, Ventrillo, Mumble, etc.) they wouldn't be using it.

Could you name at least two other platforms that offer at least

Decent chat (file sharing, emojis, support for code snippets), decent voice chat, decent streaming and supports PUSH2TALK button? and I personally prefer when it is not self-hosted due to DDoS risk

Because I'm unable to name and that's why I started using Discord

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