The platforms before discord were very bad (and still are). Discord was such a god send back then simply for being reliable free voice chat for gamers.
I don't disagree with you that Discord is the best option for voice chat now, but there was a godsend before it and that was Skype. It didn't have the equivalent of Discord “servers” but it finally solved the voice chat problem that was previously plagued with technical issues, instability and incompatibility. Discord became the godsend when Skype decided to speedrun enshittification.
[–] Timwi 1 day ago