The Lights Are About To Start Dimming At Teamspeak HQ

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The Lights Are About To Start Dimming At Teamspeak HQ

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Discord just casually announced age verification and Teamspeak servers are out here sweating bullets like they just got their eviction notice. The last remaining users still clinging to their Teamspeak channels are watching Discord slowly absorb what's left of their user base like some kind of communication platform Thanos. RIP to the OG voice chat that gamers used before Discord showed up and said "what if we made this but actually good?" The crying Jordan meme says it all – Teamspeak watching their already microscopic market share about to shrink even further because Discord is making themselves more "legitimate" and parent-friendly. It's like watching Blockbuster react to Netflix all over again, except somehow even sadder.

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