Telegram's server costs are massive. They store all messages, unlike whatsapp and signal, which only act as a relay.
Telegram has much higher file limits (2GB per file and unlimited files) than all other apps. It's used a lot by pirates to share movies and shows. Basically every show comes on some channel/group in Telegram.
Genuine question: are there business that are not viable unless you sell user data?
Due to drama with the SEC, they shut it down.
https://telegram.org/blog/ton-gram-notice
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21256407/telegram-cryptoc...
Something like whatsapp's original plan of $1/user/yr, except for you actually get something out of it.
Another method would be offering corporate/enterprise support plans for anyone using it in a business setting or as a base for app development.
Using their API and System to develop apps is a breath of fresh air after years of bad and broken web APIs, non portable and cluttered native GUI frameworks, and app development riddled with incidental complexity.
They give you everything you need, including payment, custom keyboards, embedded media, room access. But in a super straightforward simple way. It's just ridiculous how quickly you can iterate on apps that use telegram as their frontend, so much cuft is left behind.
Telegram allows you to write apps that solve real needs, in a humane way. And as a dev that gives me hope that our industry isn't lost just yet.
Telegram is still only focused on conversational interactions, it's just darn good at it.
I'm glad that it isn't a super app because that would actually reintroduce all that complexity that they've managed to strip away.
I think you should whitelist t.me/durov/
What's the point of calling me a drug dealer lol? Just wanna know what your intention was?
Its Windows Desktop app is portable. Por-ta-ble. Fucking portable. Nothing to install, it can run off a USB stick or a folder in the PC.
