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> Signal has a far superior user experience. Why? I think Telegram is cool, not because of privacy but because of overall UX (speed, battery usage, reliabilit

> Signal has a far superior user experience. Why? I think Telegram is cool, not because of privacy but because of overall UX (speed, battery usage, reliability, etc.) Is Signal way superior in anything apart from privacy?

AiaMD13 8y ago
Can't agree more. Have been using Telegram since I quit using Facebook, and it proved to be far more reliable then even whatsapp. The only problem is that most of people I know prefer and use whatsapp and it's been challenging fo me to maintain all the contacts in one app.
- fvjft 8y ago
  In my experience Telegram has an outage every couple of months, while WhatsApp only drops dead once a year or so.
  - renholder 8y ago
    Since we're talking personal experience, Signal has never had an outage (that I was aware of).
    - fvjft 8y ago
      We were talking about apps that have users.
    - detaro 8y ago
      Group chats have been quite unreliable at times, although probably not due to outages, but bugs.
    - robjan 8y ago
      In my experience, signal doesn't have reliable push notifications and sometimes takes a while to deliver group messages. Sometimes my friends send me messages on WhatsApp asking me to check Signal and the message hasn't arrived yet. I do prefer signal though because there is less chance that one of my contacts has backed up our conversation to Google Drive.
  - AiaMD13 8y ago
    I wasn't really implying that whatsapp is in any way better. I personally enjoy using Telegram. I just expressed my frustration, because I'd really like to have only one app in my phone with all the contacts in it instead of 3 or 4.
    - martin_a 8y ago
      Same for me. I want end-to-end-encryption by default, bot integration and all people in one place. Would even pay monthly for that.
- mat4magic 8y ago
  Telegram wins because it has a usable Desktop Client
  - kome 8y ago
    So true. People still sit in front of desktop SO much. Why can't whatsapp come out with a client that is not total crap and linked to a phone?

AiaMD13 8y ago

Can't agree more. Have been using Telegram since I quit using Facebook, and it proved to be far more reliable then even whatsapp. The only problem is that most of people I know prefer and use whatsapp and it's been challenging fo me to maintain all the contacts in one app.

fvjft 8y ago
In my experience Telegram has an outage every couple of months, while WhatsApp only drops dead once a year or so.
- renholder 8y ago
  Since we're talking personal experience, Signal has never had an outage (that I was aware of).
  - fvjft 8y ago
    We were talking about apps that have users.
  - detaro 8y ago
    Group chats have been quite unreliable at times, although probably not due to outages, but bugs.
  - robjan 8y ago
    In my experience, signal doesn't have reliable push notifications and sometimes takes a while to deliver group messages. Sometimes my friends send me messages on WhatsApp asking me to check Signal and the message hasn't arrived yet. I do prefer signal though because there is less chance that one of my contacts has backed up our conversation to Google Drive.
- AiaMD13 8y ago
  I wasn't really implying that whatsapp is in any way better. I personally enjoy using Telegram. I just expressed my frustration, because I'd really like to have only one app in my phone with all the contacts in it instead of 3 or 4.
  - martin_a 8y ago
    Same for me. I want end-to-end-encryption by default, bot integration and all people in one place. Would even pay monthly for that.
mat4magic 8y ago
Telegram wins because it has a usable Desktop Client
- kome 8y ago
  So true. People still sit in front of desktop SO much. Why can't whatsapp come out with a client that is not total crap and linked to a phone?