Telegram is just actually superior in terms of features I don’t get it.

  • danhakimi@kbin.social
    474·
    1 year ago

    Telegram gives me:

    • Roll-their-own encryption off-by-default without cross-device support or group chat available.
    • The ability to talk to strangers I don’t want to talk to
    • An open source client, but a proprietary, non-federated server
    • An unmoderated social network that’s a free-for-all for crypto scammers, extremists, and other nuts

    WhatsApp gives me:

    • Signal’s encryption algorithm on all chats
    • Whatsapp web (still with encryption)
    • Encrypted group chats
    • The ability to talk to human beings I actually know and want to talk to

    Neither respects my privacy.

    Not sure why I would bother attempting to use Telegram again.

    • ominouslemon@lemm.ee
      42·
      1 year ago

      This is the best answer, IMHO. Also, network effects means that everyone’s already on WhatsApp, so it’s only natural that people use it more than Telegram

    • celmit@lemmy.ca
      22·
      1 year ago

      WhatsApp gives me:

      1,2,3 - closed source app that has not been audited but you chose to believe that is backdoor free, ok then

      4 - half true, whatsapp business is full of automated responses, not too many human beings there

      • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Do you mean the whatsapp chat SERVICE being back doored or the software? Because we can audit the software super simply in Linux to see what it’s doing. If the SERVICE is backdoored, then you have no guarantee over any other network because any/all of them can be backdoored and you would have no idea.

      • danhakimi@kbin.social
        11·
        1 year ago

        I do not use “whatsapp business,” no idea why I would.

        I do not seek to use a service and then interact with the people who happen to be on that service, I seek to interact with people and meet them on the service they’re using. The fediverse is an exception, because I believe in the principles, but the experience sucks because it’s all tech with no real community (Lemmy/Kbin) and none of the people I want to follow (Mastodon).