I think this is the only right answer. They try to provide the same interface which works for the most people.

I used to use BasKet (a KDE program) for this, don’t know if it is still alive.

…or not to late.

I use this uBlock Origin filter for cleaning URLs:

https://filterlists.com/lists/actually-legitimate-url-shortener-tool

Cromite was suggested to me and it seems to work well: https://github.com/uazo/cromite

:wq

Matrix is very good and flexible. If you need something that is interface-compatible with Discord, there is: https://revolt.chat/