Age verification is done by an iframe to k-id.com.

Appeals are done in the actual Discord ticketing system.

The websites for DNS servers known by IP? https://1.1.1.1/ presents a valid cert although it redirects.

Out of curiosity, any other example without redirect, in which the URL stays https://<ip> in the browser?

Oh, but we'll take WAY better care of the master key! We promise! Believe us!

This is going to be a hard blow for all the people determined to believe the conspiracy theories about Google trying to take over the world...