Here's the message by Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram:
"😝 Next month, channel owners on Telegram can start receiving financial rewards from their work.
Broadcast channels on Telegram generate 1 trillion views monthly. Currently, only 10% of these views are monetized with Telegram Ads — a promotion tool designed with privacy in mind.
In March, the Telegram Ad Platform will officially open to all advertisers in nearly a hundred new countries. Channel owners in these countries will start receiving 50% of any revenue…
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”
Its financially backed by the Kremlin.
edit: source
Atleast read the article before spreading misinformation 😮💨, telegram is completely funded by its users.
Dunno,
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to it
also https://www.wired.com/story/the-kremlin-has-entered-the-chat/
Again bs
Shoes you can express your views freely on telegram, seems plus point to me
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