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Sadly switching to Signal, Wire, and other "technologically superior to Telegram" apps means a drop in user experience. For example, I tried switching to Wire r

Sadly switching to Signal, Wire, and other "technologically superior to Telegram" apps means a drop in user experience. For example, I tried switching to Wire recently but I found that setting up a new device means I wouldn't have access to my old messages. I understand these apps don't want to upload messages to a server, but can't messages be synced between clients? Even if I had to scan a QR code on my phone to sync with my laptop and had to stay on the same Wi-Fi network until it was done, it could then sync historical messages. I have Telegram messages from 2015 when I had a different computer, laptop, phone, and lived in a different house. This is also why I don't use the secret chat on Telegram. As soon as you add too much encryption and security you have to trade-off usability. Must it always be that way? If you have to chose between security and usability, people will always choose usability.

przmk 8y ago
This is a pretty big issues for me as well. In terms of user experience on desktop, all the other apps are complete garbage. Telegram has a native client for all major platforms written in Qt that has all the features the mobile app has (except for secret chats). Everything else feels slow, unresponsive and has poor features.
kitsunesoba 8y ago
Those other more secure chat apps also treat desktop as an afterthought or worse, which is simply not acceptable for my use case. I live at my desk, not on my phone, and expect desktop to be treated as a first class citizen. At present, the only two services that do this are iMessage and Telegram, so I use iMessage with everybody with Apple stuff and Telegram for everybody else.