In today's episode of "Discord fixing things that weren't broken", I present to you their latest fuck-up: their new UI for mobile. It looks like shit. Ugly design, oversized icons, inconvenient placement of the server listings (which will require you to swipe even more), poor contrast between the UI elements, and just difficult to use overall. Everyone I've showed this to has agreed that it looks awful. The old design was just fine, what the fuck were they thinking?
People have previously pointed out that this is actually hidden and isn't actually forced upon you, but that's not the issue. Like all companies that go through an awful UI change for the sake of reinventing the wheel for no fucking reason, Discord will eventually shove this garbage down your throat without an option to opt-out in the future. YouTube did the same thing. It may not be a big deal now, but it will be in the future.