My suspicion woud be that they triggered some automated anti-spam system. Intentionally blocking your competitor in this situation doesn't seem like a good idea, it mostly generates publicity for them.
They also block other competitors.
WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
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Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not particularly surprising considering they are owned by Facebook.
but they had to know that people would go dig through the sourcecode and find out that it was not just some random glitch, but a deliberate action on their part
I think you confused WhatsApp and Telegram now. WhatsApp does not have open source code, Telegram has. WhatsApp is blocking the links though.
Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#23Isn't telegram just a really bad version of signal?
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#24Funny thing: when I send ' https://telegram.org' the receiver got it as a hyperlink. But on my phone it remain in plain text. (I just tried with my colleague)
The fact that is is a hyperlink is a client sided feature. Regardless of what messaging system you use, it's just a plain text URL that gets transmitted, but the client identifies it's a URL and hyperlinks it for convenience.
Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#25Isn't telegram just a really bad version of signal?
People seem to use it as a normal IM client. They have a web UI and don't really claim to be all that secure (eg not trying to compete with Signal). I don't understand the benefit over the numerous other IM apps, everyone who uses it just says "oh i like Telegram better" or "my friends are on it".
Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
but they had to know that people would go dig through the sourcecode and find out that it was not just some random glitch, but a deliberate action on their part
I think you confused WhatsApp and Telegram now. WhatsApp does not have open source code, Telegram has. WhatsApp is blocking the links though.
I was talking about this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/12/01/whatsapp-is-blocking...
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#27I use both whatsapp and telegram.. with whatsapp being the majority of my messaging, I'd been a little apprehensive since the facebook takeover, but haven't changed my usage habits. This was exactly what it took for me to start pushing my friends to telegram.
> pushing my friends to telegram Do you have any suggestions on how to do that? The People I know either think Whatsapp is gods gift to mankind and won't switch or they can't use anything else because the people they interact with think it's gods gift to mankind and won't switch. I find it pretty hard to break that cycle.
Uhm, decent support on all your devices? (there's even a commandline client).
Versus that ridiculous hack where you can whatsapp in the browser, provided you scan a qr code and have the phone on the same network.
Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#28I use both whatsapp and telegram.. with whatsapp being the majority of my messaging, I'd been a little apprehensive since the facebook takeover, but haven't changed my usage habits. This was exactly what it took for me to start pushing my friends to telegram.
> pushing my friends to telegram Do you have any suggestions on how to do that? The People I know either think Whatsapp is gods gift to mankind and won't switch or they can't use anything else because the people they interact with think it's gods gift to mankind and won't switch. I find it pretty hard to break that cycle.
The nice thing about both whatsapp and telegram are there are no accounts, so they just need to download the app, and they'll show up in your contacts. So all you have to do is convince them to go to the app store and install the program.
From there you just send them messages on Telegram, or start group chats. You likely won't convince them to switch themselves instantly, but if they want to message you, hopefully they're more likely to check telegram, because they'll want to get a better idea of when you were last available.
It's not perfect, but it's something, and hopefully if whatsapp keeps up with their paid subscription nonsense, it will push more people away.
Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> pushing my friends to telegram Do you have any suggestions on how to do that? The People I know either think Whatsapp is gods gift to mankind and won't switch or they can't use anything else because the people they interact with think it's gods gift to mankind and won't switch. I find it pretty hard to break that cycle.
The nice thing about both whatsapp and telegram are there are no accounts, so they just need to download the app, and they'll show up in your contacts. So all you have to do is convince them to go to the app store and install the program. From there you just send them messages on Telegram, or start group chats. You likely won't convince them to switch themselves instantly, but if they want to message you, hopefully t…
Thanks. This is better than nothing. Telegram not requiring an account and being free of charge will probably help a bit.
Re: WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
#30Isn't telegram just a really bad version of signal?
As far as I'm concerned, Signal is superior in every way. Telegram simply has gained a lot of publicity and increased its user base (which is critical for IM) thanks to E. Snowden.