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The shadiest chat app out there, costs so much to host without a clear income and doesn't have full encryption (nobody uses secret rooms).
by jacooper 3y ago
The shadiest chat app out there, costs so much to host without a clear income and doesn't have full encryption (nobody uses secret rooms).
- petre 3y agoSlack and Discord are better in this regard how?
- Iulioh 3y agoSlack DOES have a good income source (buisness use) Discord and telegram have premium but discord is way more used and have streaming features (really costly) and telegram premium is not that widespread and no one but power users need it
- screechingbagel 3y agoi feel like this is just a western perspective, telegram is very popular in some places and for good reason
- jacooper 3y agoI think he meant telegram premium, not the app. Its widespread for the wrong reasons, many people think its secure, its not, its one of the worst. It basically has no encryption at all.
- WilTimSon 3y agoDiscord has 150 million MAU versus Telegram's 800 million MAU, according to Wikipedia. It's absolutely not way more used.
- Iulioh 3y agoTelegram users are way less taxing on the infrastructure than a discord user And the numbers seems to be more 200/700
- jacooper 3y agoDiscord is just burning VC money. Telegram doesnt even have that. Its based in UAE, with a mere legal presence in Germany, their official explanation is that durov is financing it sincd its beginning in 2014, how? From his VK money. This could've been believable, if telegram worked like WhatsApp with Minimum storage requirements, but its totally the opposite with huge hosting xosts and no clear funing source.
- jacooper 3y agoCosts* Funding* Typos as usual.
- wkat4242 3y agoI pay for TG premium and it offers a lot for the little it costs. The value is there IMO. The uptake isn't yet but I guess they're banking on that coming in the future like most startups.