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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by luckylion on Thursday June 18, 2020 @12:06PM (#23564431)
I'd add to that: actually native client, not just some slow Electron thing, you can scale the font in the client(!), easy to work with bot API, allows other clients to access their servers.

The one thing that keeps me from using Telegram as my primary messenger is the low maximum line-width that makes it feel like you're on mobile even if you're using the desktop client. But UX, especially speed, is just amazing.

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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by kitsunesoba on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:34PM (#23565454)
More than just one native client, depending your platform, there are multiple clients! So if the official client doesn't do it for you, you've got a choice, and if you're so inclined you could even write your own!

On macOS I use the semi-official Swift/Cocoa client instead of the main Qt-based one.

Other messaging apps wouldn't be so bad if alternative clients were a possibility, because inevitably someone would build better clients. Messaging app platforms should have open APIs and welcome third party client devs, not chase them away.

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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by cordite on Thursday June 18, 2020 @12:09PM (#23564463)
The native client also has benefits that don't come from electron and a javascript vm, being able to use 9 GB of swap and remaining performant!
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