Subj : Someone should make that happen..
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Jul 16 2021 03:28:31

  Re: Someone should make that happen..
  By: Ogg to Arelor on Thu Jul 15 2021 07:05 am

 >  A> And I don't like Telegram that much.
 > 
 > Why not?

For starters, they sell themselves as a FOSS product when the server systems
are closed source. This I don't mind much but I don't like hypocrites.

Their reference desktop implementation is built on Electron, which is a
framework known for raping your RAM continuously, because it knows application
frameworks cannot be thrown into jail for their evil deeds.

Also it is liked to a phone number which I dislike as an authentication system.
It means the ability to sign up to the service is liked to your ability to
connect to a regular phone network or fake it, plus I don't need to have my
identity liked to a phone subscription for a service that should not be using a
phone network. I understand the reasons - for the service administrators it is
so much easier to use phones as authenticators than user/password combos - but
as a power end user it is insulting.

So well, it gets the job done but it is not *that* good.  It certainly beats
the crap out of Whatsapp because Whatsapp non-mobile implementation is a JOKE
(Telegram's suck but it DOES work), and they have the same problems Telegram
does without its advantages (like propper bot support and not being related to
Facebook).

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