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A list of alternative websites/software to popular proprietary services.
  • mim@lemmy.sdf.org
    9·
    1 year ago

    Telegram is on the list. Is it open source?

    I never understood the advantages of it, when something like Signal exists.

    • The Hobbyist
      32·
      1 year ago

      I have used telegram in the past and while I dont use it due to privacy concerns, it does have some advantages and convenience features to it:

      • the integration with bots allows for quite interesting applications such as interactive elements like voting or other automated behaviors
      • it’s really fast as you never download anything as it’s all in the cloud
      • because it’s all in the cloud you can access your chats from any device, even new, without downloading or backing up your conversations