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Re:Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook by kasper_kerem on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @03:39AM (#30270384)
Found out the same thing. I guess they started from mobile, moved to web and git something better to do :)
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Re:Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook by incompatible on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @03:44AM (#30270418)
I guess they want to know your phone number, or want to limit accounts to one per phone number.

Edit: but even so, they could verify a phone number by SMS, no need to make anyone install an app.

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