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You forget to mention the desktop and mobile apps both are open source, so anyone can build their own network.

• kozak 6y ago
  I have never seen anyone actually doing that. The popularity of Telegram consists 100% of the popularity of its own network.
  • chromedev 6y ago
    If for some reason they were caught doing something worthy of changing the network, then I could see it happening. With their recent addition of video messaging, they pretty much have the best messenger app to date.
  • luckylion 6y ago
    A nice thing is that you're allowed to use that network without using the official client. Unlike Signal, they're okay with third party clients, and there are libraries for multiple languages to help build your own client.
• adityasaky 6y ago
  Unfortunately (this may have changed in recent times), they often don't update the public repos in line with their releases. They put them out all at once later. Also, last I checked only the clients are open source? Has that changed?
  • chromedev 6y ago
    You can find the releases here, and if there is a delay it is only a few days at most: https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS/releases https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS/releases Only the clients are open source, but anyone could use the source code to create their own network.
    • literallycancer 6y ago
      Without server source? Might as well start from scratch and use something like matrix.
      • chromedev 6y ago
        Matrix doesn't compare at all and Element is their client to promote their SaaS solution.
    • saagarjha 6y ago
      This repository has been notoriously bad at doing this: https://github.com/overtake/TelegramSwift https://github.com/overtake/TelegramSwift
    • maqp 6y ago
      The clients wouldn't feature E2EE for groups even if you'd write your own server from scratch so no, nobody should use Telegram for anything.
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