Telegram has ads?
In channels, not in your messages.
I don’t understand Telegram, it just seems like Signal, but worse. Can someone explain to me what the purpose of Telegram is?
A good cross platform user friendly client goes a long way, especially having a good desktop version.
For me:
- Awesome stickers with very good custom sticker support.
- You can use a nickname to chat, you don’t need to share your GSM number with anyone which was an incredibly stupid idea in the first place. On that account , better privacy than Signal or ShitsApp.
- You can use simultaneously on multiple web AND mobile devices.
- You don’t lose your chat history when you login from another mobile device like in ShitsApp.
- Stores your media server-side. So you always have your full chat with all the media in it. Of course this requires care about what you share with other.
- Forwarding messages between chats has a lot of flexibility.
- Message editing. Which ShitsApp finally copied. 🤣
- Constantly improved. They are always adding more features.
- The channel support is really good…
Signal also has usernames now.
Yes, finally. But I would say a bit late to the party. And a privacy focused IM not thinking about this for years blows my mind.
Its better than signal in every aspect except privacy (still better than whatsapp in that and arguably a secure messaging app).
You didn’t tell me how it’s better in any way, and you told me that it’s worse in a very very important way. So… why would I ever use it?
Sounds to me like Signal is still the best messaging app.
Telegram is more geared towards group communication. It has a much better group chat experience and a channel feature that lets you disseminate information in a single place without a discussion taking place. It is better at group communications in that it is more feature-rich.
If you’re doing is 1:1 messaging or have some small group chats with 2-3 friends you wouldn’t get much out of it over Signal.
I’ve heard Telegram is better for distributing Russian/right wing propaganda, so there is that…
nice argument comrade, “I’ve heard”
Again bs
Shoes you can express your views freely on telegram, seems plus point to me
Its financially backed by the Kremlin.
edit: source
Atleast read the article before spreading misinformation 😮💨, telegram is completely funded by its users.
Russian/right wing
Hahahahahahahahahaba
Any app that depends on you forgetting about privacy is bound to make everything else shine so bright you forget that flaw
While the fact is privacy has been there top priority since starting, heck they even have e2ee chats. No data leaks report so far
It works, on every OS, seamlessly, for instant messaging (which is all I use it for).
I use multiple devices throughout the day, and all messages show up instantly on every device, while supporting file transfers, etc.
It just works.
Signal is like using SMS. The UI sucks. And no sync between devices. I appreciate what they’re trying to do (which is why sync between devices is challenging), but I can’t get anyone to use it anymore since they dropped SMS support.
