what bloat? unless you're specifically looking for it, default view has none of it, it's just chat, video and memes

Here's an easy example. Every discord client now ships with Krisp, and many clients squelch settings were automatically changed from standard to Krisp when this feature launched.

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040843952-K...

In vaguely-non-chronological order

- Remember to gift Nitro to your friends!

- Have you played any Quests to get any Orbs?

- Did you know about Discord Nitro?

- Did you know there are server tags now?

- Did you know this server has a server tag?

- Did you know this server has a server tag?

- Did you know this server has a server tag?

- Did you know this server has a server tag?

- Did you know this server has a server tag?

- Subscribe to Nitro to use these emojis! (Every time you open the emoji picker)

- Did you know there are username styles now?

- Subscribe to Nitro to use animated avatars!

- Did you know there are per-server profiles now? (If you subscribe to Nitro!)

- Boost this server! (With Nitro)

- Here's a GIFs button that is forever part of the textbox buttons.

- Here's a Stickers button that is forever part of the textbox buttons.

- Here's an Apps button that is forever part of the textbox buttons. Just kidding, now it forever sits next to the textbox!

(A third of your horizontal screen estate is now textbox buttons)

- Here's a dedicated Gift button so you can buy Nitro for your friends too! In the textbox buttons.

- We have polls! Not in the textbox buttons though. It's in the same submenu as opening the file picker! Oh, did we mention you need an extra click to open the file picker now? (Why would we put it in the textbox buttons when we only put things there that upsell Nitro?)

- Did you know our new noise suppression is sponsored by Krisp? (Plasters Krisp logo everywhere)

- Have you played this game in Roblox yet?

- Verify your phone number to keep using Discord.

- Verify your ID to keep using Discord.

- Did you know which of your friends are playing games right now? (You can't turn this off)

- Earn Orbs by joining your friend in this sponsored game!

- Subscribe to Nitro for increased stream resolution!

- Did you know Nitro subscribers get 3 months of Xbox Game Pass free?

- Did you know Nitro subscribers get 1 month of Xbox Game Pass free?

- Did you know Xbox Game Pass subscribers get 3 months of Discord Nitro free??

- Did you know you can get a longer message length limit with Nitro?

I say this as someone who's used Discord basically daily since 2016. They are so much more bloated than they were, it's insane. And a lot of these are things nobody wants, not just stuff I personally didn't ask for.