I love Telegram for the usability more than anything else, and don't really care for the encryption (which I find more of a curiosity). Telegram hits a few swe

I love Telegram for the usability more than anything else, and don't really care for the encryption (which I find more of a curiosity). Telegram hits a few sweet spots with me: - Movement between devices is seamless (I can go from my webview in BSD to my Mac OS Native to my iOS native app and not miss a beat). - Telegram is very reliable in situations with poor connectivity. This is pure anecdote on my side, but in the most crowded venues I've been to: Messenger, Line, and WhatsApp have performed worse than Telegram. - Telegram's API is ridiculously open, even if it's backend source isn't. For most practical purposes, Telegram gives you full access, and is completely okay with you creating a 3rd party client I've managed to win over a lot of my close friends and family onto Telegram, and while they initially objected over the lack of social proof, the features ended up luring them over, and many of them are not technically literate.