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I suppose just like any other open source company etc…. By fund raising or Donations.
A huge misconception. Telegram was never, is not currently, and will never be entirely open source
You're either (entirely) open source, or you're not. Telegram is not
Selling the ads. Also cooperation with Russian government
By that logic, why would have Pavel Durov fled Russia then? He'd have kept VKontakte and never done Telegram then.
"Telegram: Russia lifts ban on private messaging app after it 'agrees to help with extremism investigations'"
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/telegram-russia-ban-lift-...
And if you believe what Roskomnadzor said:
"The Telegram messenger has deleted over 256,000 prohibited materials since 2021 to date at requests of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media, the regulator told TASS."