I’m inclined to agree. They have to make money somehow. Selling entirely optional stuff is about as unobtrusive as it gets.

Admittedly, I’m not sure how successful that’s gonna be. I don’t really get the appeal of buying some of those things. But it doesn’t hurt me.

I can at least see it working as a Patreon replacement. Lots of people using Patreon already use discord, so why not do it all in one place? Doesn’t change things for consumers one bit.