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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by reitanqild on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:07AM (#12548249)
Used to be my main reason to promote Telegram.

Of course now that Facebook owns Whatsapp and has decided (again) to show users what fools they where and who is the boss, all the more reasons to promote Telegram, matrix, irc etc ;-)

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by JensRex on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:47PM (#12551585)
This is why I use Telegram, and why I don't use Signal. I love the desktop client.

My hands are big, and I've always hated writing on phones. On my computer I can blast away messages on my glorious mechanical keyboard.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by Spakman on Thursday September 22, 2016 @10:33AM (#12557023)
It's not without a few (non-dealbreaker, at least for me) bugs but Signal-desktop works well.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by JensRex on Thursday September 22, 2016 @10:44AM (#12557106)
Last time I looked, Signal Desktop required Chrome, which I won't use for privacy concerns.
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