It's a fantastic service from an engineering perspective. Fast, lightweight, reliable, simple, with low battery drain and data usage, and open source clients. A real joy to use.
Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
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#12Really wish Signal would get the bounce that occurs when this stuff happens instead.
I think that Riot.im with the Matrix protocol has better ux to become mainstream
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#13Please, please, please use Signal instead. And tell your friends! Telegram has made very dubious privacy claims, but even if you trust the company, Signal has a far superior user experience. Telegram’s private messages are not enabled by default, and when you are using private messaging, numerous other features are disabled defeating the point.
> Signal has a far superior user experience.
Why? I think Telegram is cool, not because of privacy but because of overall UX (speed, battery usage, reliability, etc.) Is Signal way superior in anything apart from privacy?
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#14Really wish Signal would get the bounce that occurs when this stuff happens instead.
My main gripe with Signal is that it requires your phone number and you cannot setup your own instance.
A major turn off for me.
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#15I understand Telegram's appeal because of its high quality apps and big feature list, but articles such as this one really should be more nuanced when pushing Telegram's marketing message of "We have true privacy and unlimited space for everyone.".
Their default mode is not end-to-end encrypted [1] and as such the product is less private than WhatsApp. Even tech-savvy users in my social circles are not aware of this and blindly recommend Telegram as the more private option.
When talking about privacy these articles should at least mention Signal. I hope they will use their recent funding [2] to polish their apps and increase the speed of innovation.
[1] https://telegram.org/faq#q-so-how-do-you-encrypt-data [2] https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/
Re: Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
#16Please, please, please use Signal instead. And tell your friends! Telegram has made very dubious privacy claims, but even if you trust the company, Signal has a far superior user experience. Telegram’s private messages are not enabled by default, and when you are using private messaging, numerous other features are disabled defeating the point.
Telegram is used primarily as a replacement for Facebook Groups, not for one-to-one communication.
Signal doesn't offer Groups, so it's not something people will switch to. (Signal has Group Chats however, which is something completely different)
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#17Really wish Signal would get the bounce that occurs when this stuff happens instead.
My main gripe with Signal is that it requires your phone number and you cannot setup your own instance. A major turn off for me.
FTR and as a user of Telegram who has often recommended it:
Telegram also requires your phone number.
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#18Please, please, please use Signal instead. And tell your friends! Telegram has made very dubious privacy claims, but even if you trust the company, Signal has a far superior user experience. Telegram’s private messages are not enabled by default, and when you are using private messaging, numerous other features are disabled defeating the point.
Signal on Android relies upon Google Play Services for the microphone and camera permissions, which can't be turned off.
It is open-source [1] so one could install it without going through the Google Play Store (it's not on F-Droid though), but it's another case of Google's ever-expanding grasp over "interesting" (read: competing) Android apps.
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#19Telegram's end goal is to create value for shareholders. Eventually they will profit from user privacy violations. Not to parrot other comments, but we should all use Signal. Its' existence isn't based on investment dollars that expect returns in more dollars.
Re: Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
#20Please, please, please use Signal instead. And tell your friends! Telegram has made very dubious privacy claims, but even if you trust the company, Signal has a far superior user experience. Telegram’s private messages are not enabled by default, and when you are using private messaging, numerous other features are disabled defeating the point.
> Signal has a far superior user experience. Why? I think Telegram is cool, not because of privacy but because of overall UX (speed, battery usage, reliability, etc.) Is Signal way superior in anything apart from privacy?
Can't agree more. Have been using Telegram since I quit using Facebook, and it proved to be far more reliable then even whatsapp. The only problem is that most of people I know prefer and use whatsapp and it's been challenging fo me to maintain all the contacts in one app.