Discord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes'

How will this be any different from how current servers are run? Rather than getting a special role after donating that unlocks hidden channels, they're making it more obvious by saying which channels are subscriber-only.

It seems more of a competition against Patreon than anything else. Nobody is going to use this to hide discussion and share subscriber-only secrets, it's definitely for content creators that want to sell early access and such.