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the_jeremy on Oct 19, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Discord Won

I don't think any of those were alternatives for gaming, which is what it was (still is?) marketed for.

If you wanted to play a game and do voice chat with a group of friends, TeamSpeak, Discord, and Mumble were the only options that were group-first (easier to do lobbies than single-person calls). Discord's UI is 2 decades ahead of Mumble / TS, and it's free.

Polylactic_acid on Oct 20, 2020 [–]

The gaming alternatives were mumble and teamspeak which also sucked. Its no wonder discord took off when all of the competition sucked.

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