Didn't it also say that if you self-host a private server for yourself (and mayne friends and family), you'd not have to ID verify. And it can federate, so...
Not that it's that useful for people like me who are not (yet?) savvy enough to self-host stuff but it should be an option.
If by the bolded "them" you mean Discord... they are not doing this because laws. Those apply in some countries only. Unless you want to argue they are preparing for more countries implementing this.
They (Discord) will not pressure anyone because this is something they want to do.