> being FOSS just in the client side, IMO changes little in comparsion with WhatsApp. There are efforts implementing mtproto servers that are compatible with t

> being FOSS just in the client side, IMO changes little in comparsion with WhatsApp. There are efforts implementing mtproto servers that are compatible with the Telegram codebase like telegramd [1] or madelineproto [2] in case you want to host your own server. But, if decentralization is your main focus (interpreting your statement); you probably want to switch to a Matrix-based client anyways. [1] https://github.com/nebula-chat/telegramd https://github.com/nebula-chat/telegramd [2] https://github.com/danog/MadelineProto https://github.com/danog/MadelineProto