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Telegram's E2EE isn't even partial since it's inexistent in groups ¯\(ツ)/¯
For now. https://t.me/durovschat/518625
Element gets a "good" on ease of use but IME using multiple clients is a pain in butt with the way encryption keys are handled. Lots of people complain about not being able to read some messages in an encrypted room I am in. I understand if it's a limitation of them not storing your keys on a centralised server (unless you opt for it I think) but it makes it very difficult for normie friends.
Where does Telegram have ads? I've certainly never seen any.
They're going to https://lemmy.ml/post/45696
Okay but thats only for public channels, so anyone who uses it as an instant messenger will never see those.
Your post says that Threema doesn't have voice and video calls, that's wrong. https://threema.ch/en/blog Feature-wise Threema is very, very solid, and they will soon be adding even more features now that people are in a frenzy about not being spied upon 24/7.
This comparison ignores the leaking of metadata: for that, the only viable option is Briar.
It also ignores ease of use: Signal is still reasonable, Element is too fiddly and buggy for non-technical users.