>Founded on Principles of Freedom and Privacy If you pay, maybe. Telegram locks multiple privacy and security features behind paywalls, most notably being able

>Founded on Principles of Freedom and Privacy If you pay, maybe. Telegram locks multiple privacy and security features behind paywalls, most notably being able to stop receiving the endless spam plaguing the platform with the message restriction to only your contacts and other "premium" users. That's without getting into the whole Fragment filth, advertisement all over, forced in channels and barely distinguishable, and so on. >Telegram [is] first focused on building a loyal user base through an uncompromising product experience Yeah, between statements like these and OP's submission history everything being claimed can be safely dismissed. Telegram is rushing to monetize in every aspect possible that may earn them more revenue, and it's not alone in that, Discord is on a similar trajectory (but not as bad, yet).