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Einar to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat

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Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat

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Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat | TechCrunch
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Telegram, the popular messenger with 800 million monthly active users worldwide, is inching closer to adopting an ecosystem strategy that is reminiscent
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    There are two realistic alternatives with hundreds of millions of users. Whatsapp has a closed source client, Telegram has an open source one. The choice for me is easy.

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      That sounds like a false dichotomy and I’m not sure why you even think the number of users is relevant. Why not choose something fully open source?

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        Because there is no alternative that is on my friends phone.

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          That sounds like a solvable problem.

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