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Lots of oppressive governments and controlling entities are not happy about it. Kudos to Telegram team!

• hda111 5y ago
  How is telegram funded? App is near perfection so I wonder how this can be an ad free app.
  • joecool1029 5y ago
    Pavel Durov is a billionaire and this is his (and his brother's) pet project. He made his money starting VK (Russia's Facebook)
    • skinnymuch 5y ago
      They raised a billion in bond sales in March. It likely became difficult to keep self funding Telegram.
  • smolyeet 5y ago
    https://www.engadget.com/telegram-channel-ads-192249765.html https://www.engadget.com/telegram-channel-ads-192249765.html
    • bobiny 5y ago
      Title is a bit misleading: many channels already have ads, Telegram just wants a cut now.
  • skinnymuch 5y ago
    They raised a billion a few months ago.
• tptacek 5y ago
  If it's not encrypted end-to-end, why exactly would it be alarming to an oppressive government?
  • noofen 5y ago
    It's still encrypted over the wire. And Pavel Durov isn't exactly a bootlicker (see his history with Russia). That said, who knows who has access to Telegram servers.
    • tptacek 5y ago
      So, it's encrypted exactly the same way ChatRoulette is?