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Maybe it's just a matter of what I'm familiar with, but this feels eerily similar to Telegram. Both the feature set and the UI are extremely similar. I wonder
by duskwuff 7y ago
Maybe it's just a matter of what I'm familiar with, but this feels eerily similar to Telegram. Both the feature set and the UI are extremely similar.
I wonder how much of this is intentional, or if it's just a case of convergent evolution? The adversarial relationship between ICQ (with connections to Russian oligarchs) and Telegram (with connections to Russian dissidents) makes this feel unlikely to be coincidence.
- grogenaut 7y agoIcq definitely stole a lot from telegram.
- maqp 7y agoHaha. The entire Russian tech scene is about copying western products. Pavel copied VKontakte back when Facebook was starting. When he released Telegram it was the spitting image of WhatsApp. You might be right but Telegram's not on a high horse here.
- jswny 7y agoI get the same impression. The UI looks almost like an exact copy to me.