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What advantages does Telegram offer over other chat services that provide the ability to quickly spin up a group chat (e.g. discord, facebook messenger, whatsap

What advantages does Telegram offer over other chat services that provide the ability to quickly spin up a group chat (e.g. discord, facebook messenger, whatsapp (I think), twitter, i.e. pretty much every chat service that people use these days)? I use Telegram among others but see its feature set as pretty much identical to all others. Just yet another chat app I have to lug around because of the 1 or 2 people who use it exclusively.

enedil 4y ago
There are quite a few: - free large file upload (max 2GB), - native (non-electron) app for all the desktop platforms, - custom stickers (and not so limited as reactions on Discord, anybody can use any sticker set anywhere) - nice bot api (discord offers quite good experience as well) - works well when on shaggy mobile network. Doesn't send duplicate messages/etc (Messenger does) - doesn't censor messages. I'm free to send link to any website, upload any file type (again, looking at you, messenger) - you can quickly summarize different media shared in a given conversation, view all photos, movies, files, URLs, etc - search actually finds stuff (looking at you again, messenger) - you can be logged in on any number of devices (phew, WhatsApp) Probably there are more. I'm so happy that most of my friends switched.
Aloha 4y ago
* Low barrier to entry - Its easy to get people onboarded to, and it doesnt require another identity service (like facebook). * Native Client Support - all of their clients are OS native, and perform quite well compared to their peers. * Desktop and Mobile Parity - the desktop and mobile clients are equal quality, and functionality, which means it works just as well on my desktop as it does on my phone.