I totally agree. And I can't understand why FB - a much wealthier corporation - can't fix numerous problems with its Messenger app. Sometimes the messages don't sync correctly, sometimes voice messages don't play, sometimes images are not loaded in high quality, the search sucks, removing a single message requires 3 taps!, etc. etc. None of these happened in tg for me, and yet, I don't know why more people aren't using it.

Given the open-source nature of tg, I would imagine someone would put together a Messenger client based on tg source code. I guess that would solve many problems with FB's own messenger.

> yet free and without a viable business model.

This has been bothering me as well but seems to be solved now.

All current messaging features will be free but new team features etc will be paid IIRC and AFAIK.

It’s mind blowing how the app has had millions of users and massive development for years and it was all paid for by one billionaire’s personal funds without a plan to make the money back. It’s only being monetised now because it costs too much.

> seems to be solved now.

Well, we'll have to see how that pans out...

It goes too far for me. Every time I set it up I have to turn the background to white and turn off emojis that take up the entire window and wipe out all context. I actually prefer the simplicity of Signal's apps.