I think it's a good move. Discord is definitely making almost no money up to the current point, and this move can help put it on the eventual road to profitability. The cut of profit Discord takes is the same as Steam (30%).
The product itself is fantastic, and other than valid security and privacy concerns, it's a lot better than any other chat application I've used in the past.
Discord is actually quite nice for communities other than gaming. I'm a member of a number of language learning and programming servers that I enjoy.
Skype looks more and more like a massive mistake after the Microsoft acquisition. You have a product with an abysmal user experience, no improvements, an awful group chat feature, unreliable voice calls, and so much more that was wrong. I'd wager that they were over-confident of their dominant position. Slack and Discord will hopefully completely replace it with time.
The product itself is fantastic, and other than valid security and privacy concerns, it's a lot better than any other chat application I've used in the past.
Discord is actually quite nice for communities other than gaming. I'm a member of a number of language learning and programming servers that I enjoy.
Skype looks more and more like a massive mistake after the Microsoft acquisition. You have a product with an abysmal user experience, no improvements, an awful group chat feature, unreliable voice calls, and so much more that was wrong. I'd wager that they were over-confident of their dominant position. Slack and Discord will hopefully completely replace it with time.