How are people managing to get discord on ps5?

you don't always need the phone step any more. on newer firmware there's a discord option in the game base on the console itself, so once the account's linked you can join a voice channel straight from the ps5. if you can't see it, update the console first.

it's voice only, there's no full discord app on the console. link your discord account first under the linked services part of the ps5 account settings. once that's done, join a voice channel from discord on your phone or pc and hit the option to join / transfer on playstation. it hands the call over to the console and you can close the app on your phone. if the option doesn't appear, check the discord app is up to date and that you linked the same discord account you're logged into on your phone. that mismatch catches a lot of people.