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by Laarlf 1801 days ago
No drawbacks? Whatsapp requires your phone to be on and have Whatsapp running in the background if you want to use it over Whatsapp Web. Also the amount of Messages and Media that Telegram delivers to me would not fit on my Phone.

Also let's not forget what a bad user experience Whatsapp offers apart from that. No bots, no channels, no hiding your phone number, no polls, limited permission system in groups,... i could continue for 20 minutes. But what is most infuriating to me is the backup system. It never works and you can only store it in iCloud/Google Drive.
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beermonster 1801 days ago
See https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/14/22577594/whatsapp-multi-d...
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Laarlf 1801 days ago
Still all the other points. And i am REALLY not sure if switching from a company that is known to try to not give data to governments to facebook, which makes it's money by analysing and selling data would make a lot of sense.
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strogonoff 1801 days ago
Ah. I’m not using any of those features, I just use it for text messaging.
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theshrike79 1801 days ago
If you use Whatsapp as a SMS replacement, then you'll be fine.

Many Telegram users use them for chats with large groups of people (hundreds or thousands) with native bot support being a huge thing.

Whatsapp and Signal don't give many tools for handling groups that big, with Telegram you can actually manage it.

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strogonoff 1799 days ago
May I recommend Matrix, where group chats can actually be secure. By using Telegram for that you are basically leaking your group chats to a tiny company of unknown structure, as well as whomever they may be liable to be influenced by.

If you only use Telegram for convenience and not security, then I guess my point upstream stands.

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