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> Telegram is already shady, it has no clear funding source while having the highest operating cost of any of the main stream chat apps due to it storing everyt
by sofixa 4y ago
> Telegram is already shady, it has no clear funding source while having the highest operating cost of any of the main stream chat apps due to it storing everything you send with no limits.
It's founder, Durov, is a billionaire and he has quite clearly stated he's bankrolling it but looking for monetisation avenues for Telegram to become self-sufficient - first it was some token scheme that was shutdown by the SEC, now there's Telegram Premium.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoDurov is also known to lie a lot. He claimed that Telegram developer's were moved abroad from Russia, while in reality they were working out of old VK office, just a floor below. And that VK was a company supposedly taken away from Durov. Also, Telegram's early versions bear the striking similarities with VK own products. As if Telegram was developed internally in VK and then spun away as an independent company.