• atro_city@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Why not use a more secure app than Telegram which doesn’t have ads? I saw people mentioning matrix, signal, and simplex channels. Dunno if they’re still around.

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      2 months ago

      While I rather use more secure apps for following public channels, sadly they don’t exist on other platforms.

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        2 months ago

        Gotcha. Maybe I’m underestimating just how many projects use telegram as a public channel…

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    2 months ago

    I liked this app, but it forced auto update without an option to disable so I switched back to Telegram FOSS.

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    2 months ago

    Telegram has ads? I still use TG everyday mainly for work and I never seen a single ad, but I’m interested on other features I’ll give it a try

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      2 months ago

      Nope, it didn’t when I last checked (mb ½year ago). Also, it has analytics and stuff.

      I personally ended up cloning mercury and adding a few of those patches myself, which is quite easy since you don’t need to add toggles (you always use what you use, and can skip adding what you don’t use)