@Vergam It'd certainly keep me away.
I refuse to endorse any system which discriminates against people who can't afford to meet a certain hardware or bandwidth standard.
(Which is also one of the reasons that I steer people away from Discord whenever possible. Above and beyond the usual reasons, they reserve the right to demand SMS verification (with no exemptions) to regain access to your account if they ever see you coming from what they see as a suspicious IP.)