Microsoft is under different management than when it bought Skype (and Skype was going down before they were bought out too). Companies like Minecraft, Github, LinkedIn have all got better since being acquired by Microsoft. I really don't understand the fake outcry that Discord will go to shit if Microsoft buys it,(reply>), how did github and linkedin improve? or even minecraft.,(reply>), And any comparison to the Bethesda acquisition is a terrible comparison, as Bethesda was clearly bought to get game exclusivity.  There's more money in that.  But the money in chat apps is in the total number and spread of users, so exclusivity would hurt Discord.