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Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by arnoooooo on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:47AM (#25671607)
The governance until now might have been very different, but Telegram is to VK what Whatsapp is to Facebook. In a way, you could say that the enemy of your enemy is your friend, but I'd still recommend Matrix as a seemingly more future-proof alternative.
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Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by keraf on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:21AM (#25672927)
The only link between Telegram and VK is that they have the same founder. Durov has been fired from VK and built Telegram after that. There is no other relation between Telegram and VK.

Not really comparable to WhatsApp and Facebook controlled by the same Zuck.

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Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by dunefox on Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:06AM (#25671852)
Matrix does not offer the same UX at all. I say this as someone who uses both. Telegram is just better as a frontend in every way.
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Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by up6w6 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:50AM (#25672349)
Telegram apps are open source, I wonder if it would be simple to make it work with matrix's protocol.
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