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Telegram is the 5th most downloaded app, beating Zoom, Snapchat, Twitter and is almost tied with WhatsApp. (lemmy.ml)

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Tiktok cements it's #1 status

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Telegram is better than a lot of things, so what do you want for what is basically a public forum not from Western Big Tech?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Telegram is even worse than WhatsApp and that's actually painfull to say.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Note: WhatsApp should be obliterated from earth with a flamethrower. (Facebook too & a long list...)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Can you guarantee the E2EE in WhatsApp? If not, then you can't say one is better than the other

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Telegram client is open source, WhatsApp client is not. Telegram has a client for Linux desktop, WhatsApp doesn't.

I don't understand the Telegram hate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thing with Telegram is that end-to-end encryption is not enabled by default (thus only used rarely) and Telegram doesn't really have any viable business model, besides being funded by a billionaire. That raises some questions. I really like Telegram, though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

What uses do you see out of Telegram and WhatsApp? Both are not meant for the same purposes. One is a realtime blog/forum hybrid, the other is a messenger. Different purposes.

You want E2EE? You have options exceedingly better than WhatsApp, called XMPP and Matrix. Both utilise OMEMO E2EE.