> It is actually trivially cut off at the app store level (both apple and google) Yes, this is why Pavel blocked the Navalny bot (providing a very nonsensical

> It is actually trivially cut off at the app store level (both apple and google) Yes, this is why Pavel blocked the Navalny bot (providing a very nonsensical explanation for it). Apple's app store is why we can't have nice things. Google Play doesn't matter nearly as much because Android allows sideloading and Telegram already makes use of that. This page https://telegram.org/android https://telegram.org/android has a prominent apk download button and an "if you want a Google Play version instead we have that too, you weirdo" link at the bottom.