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Should I stop using Telegram? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by AnthropomorphicCat@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm from Mexico, and the most used chat application is WhatsApp. It's used for EVERYTHING. I use Telegram only for contacting my family members (both my parents and my brother). They also use it only for this family chat. All my (and their) contacts use WhatsApp instead.

Now with the news that Telegram will collaborate with Twitter, I feel that I should delete it. Not that Zuck is any better than Musk, but still...

Also I don't think it's worth the effort to teach my parents yet another messaging app, like signal.

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[–] limerod@reddthat.com 5 points 4 days ago (5 children)

If you care about these things best would be to use a chat application like Jami which won't end up like WhatsApp.

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[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

I downloaded telegram about a year ago when I first heard about it. There is a feature to find and talk to people in the same area as me. It was all just escorts with nudes as their profile pics. I'm honestly surprised Google and Apple allowed it on their stores.

[–] ilmagico@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Despite being in the hands of the zuck, whatsapp is more private and secure than telegram, and not because of any collaboration with X/twitter, it's been that way forever... so go ahead and use it (but if you can, signal is even better on that front).

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

No.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Yes. It's addictive.

[–] lisko@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You could use Delta Chat if you wanted...

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