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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by TacticalCoder on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:35AM (#40342051)
I don't get this. I'm in the EU and nearly everybody I know has Telegram.

Telegram has a huge advantage versus WhatsApp: it's not Meta. Then the Telegram UI is really excellent.

When you tell people all your friends and family are using it and that's it's not from Facebook, they usually install it on the spot. Then they're hooked.

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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by conradfr on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:45AM (#40342144)
I'm in France and don't know anyone using it.

Except the government, as reported in the news.

Actually the only time I used it it's because I needed to chat with a Russian SaaS personnel.

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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by rahen on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:03AM (#40342338)
I know few people who use Telegram either. All my contacts and I use Signal here.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by yodsanklai on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:55AM (#40342251)
I don't mind WhatsApp being Meta but Telegram is more lightweight and UI is far superior (for instance, ability to edit messages). Unfortunately, most people still use WhatsApp, you can't really avoid using it.
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