Look, I use telegram ever since whatsapp went down this road and I'm generally supportive of them. I will just say private vs public is better as long as the gu

Look, I use telegram ever since whatsapp went down this road and I'm generally supportive of them. I will just say private vs public is better as long as the guy (it's almost always a guy) is a "good guy" and not a "bad guy." Relying on One Person is not always a safe bet because One Person can die or want to move on and then we're back to the coin flip as to whether it's "good guy" or "bad guy." Generally, my preference is an open protocol because protocols can't be controlled by one person and they can't (eventually) be bought. For now, I support Telegram but the future has to be protocols for the sake of free and open communication. Of course, the downside is no one makes money off of that, or at least they don't as much just selling a server running a protocol everyone else can run. Or even worse for them, they can't exert as much control.