This seems like one of those features that leadership demanded with a “just make it happen” decree and no budget for API calls. Then some developers facing a d

This seems like one of those features that leadership demanded with a “just make it happen” decree and no budget for API calls. Then some developers facing a deadline cobbled together something that “just made it happen” so they could kick the can down the road with something that worked, ideally long enough to collect their bonuses and find a new job so it becomes someone else’s problem. Or maybe Telegram the company just likes to abuse other people’s things and see how long they can get away with bad behavior. Who knows.