Telegram's getting ads

Re:Telegram's getting ads by onetimemanytime on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @04:16PM (#25522309)

>>As someone who knew Durov personally, I'd say that it's very unlikely that the UX will be ruined by ads

The Google founders were pretty idealistic when they started too and no doubt many swore by their intentions.

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Re:Telegram's getting ads by grishka on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @04:43PM (#25522572)

Google has investors though. Telegram is wholly owned by Durov.

I've also seen him run monetization at VK. Basically: there was one developer responsible for ads, and he sat in another office together with financial staff because of the different values.

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Re:Telegram's getting ads by onetimemanytime on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @04:48PM (#25522618)

Now he doesn't.

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Re:Telegram's getting ads by grishka on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @05:36PM (#25523085)

Now who doesn't what?

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