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I'm slowly ditching Google lately. Always on the lookout for better options, so lemme know what you're using! π
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Why recommend Telegram when, arguably, it's no better than WhatsApp?
WhatsApp is owned by Facebook which is reason enough to make a move.
Even if itβs not the best, itβs still better than Meta. Signal is better for privacy but is missing some features (not as powerful group chats, folders only on Android and only client side, no pinned messages, no polls - though if one answer is enough you can use reactions). Matrix is pretty good for that kind of thing.
US company but it's not Meta, which is already something. I would not recommend it though, when Matrix exists
Saudi company iirc. Which I guess is basically the same thing
The headquarters are in the UAE, not Saudi Arabia. Shareholders I think are from Russia, the UAE, the US