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- cross-posted to:
- telegram@lemmy.ml
jsdz ( @jsdz@lemmy.ml ) 28•9 months agoOne marketing executive’s “super” is another man’s “crammed full of crufty garbage that nobody wants.”
loki ( @loki@lemmy.ml ) English20•9 months agoI use Telegram for the random chatter but it’s getting bloated ever since they added premium features. I understand they have to make money, but some features like stories can’t be disabled at all, and they’re selling group names with crypto. Matrix is looking a lot better moving forward.
ReversalHatchery ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) 2•9 months agoMatrix is looking a lot better moving forward.
Especially that their clients are becoming usable even without limiting yourself in how many rooms have you joined.
but some features like stories can’t be disabled at all,
That’s worrying. Hopefully the FOSS fork will add a toggle for it, or a new fork will appear
TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English10•9 months agoLmao meanwhile X…
jonne ( @jonne@infosec.pub ) 6•9 months agoYeah, Musk bought the wrong company.
Metal Zealot ( @Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml ) 8•9 months agoHeeeeere we go, get ready to buy your Verification Label for $2/month or some whit
Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) 6•9 months agoi’ve never understood why people like telegram, it’s not some bastion of virtues, it’s just a shit app like any other that realized that there’s a market for the appearance of privacy.
mr_strange ( @mr_strange@discuss.tchncs.de ) 5•9 months agoIt treats desktop clients as first-class citizens. That’s a huge, huge advantage over Whatsapp, for me.
loobkoob ( @loobkoob@kbin.social ) 1•9 months agoWhatsApp desktop isn’t so bad nowadays, ever since they made it so you can use it without running through your phone. But I agree that Telegram’s desktop client is much better.
kurcatovium ( @kurcatovium@lemm.ee ) English2•9 months agoMy colleague likes it and use it all the time. He doesn’t really care about privacy and he often brings up cool features telegram has, like simple photo/video editor, shrink tool for media, newsfeed, etc. Which all seems quite polished and very usable. If only it wasn’t such a mess in its core.
mustbe3to20signs ( @mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de ) 6•9 months agoAs long as I can use Telegram with open source third party apps I give a shit about their bullshit.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Telegram, the popular messenger with 800 million monthly active users worldwide, is inching closer to adopting an ecosystem strategy that is reminiscent of WeChat’s super app approach.
To build out this super app platform, Telegram relies on a network of infrastructure partners both from the established tech world and the crypto space.
WeChat has pioneered the mini app model in China and now powers millions of them serving functions from payments, food delivery, e-commerce, ride-hailing, to driver’s license renewal, just to name a few.
The developers would also need to learn the programming languages of blockchain apps, which might actually be an easier barrier to overcome than the process of understanding the economic incentives that facilitate decentralized applications.
Importantly, payment functionality played a critical role in WeChat’s early rise as it instilled a habit among users to make daily transactions through the chat app.
It will be fascinating to witness what lessons Telegram and TON take from WeChat and how a mini app platform with a decentralized twist unfolds.
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