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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.