• bytepursuits@programming.dev
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      Tied to your phone number. Cannot use without phone number - result is automatic 0 privacy.
      Another issue - there is absolutely 0 recourse if they ban you, there is no support you can email, there Is absolutely nothing. So if you have a family group there and telegram banned you - you are out of options entirely other than switching phone number and device.
      Don’t touch that garbage platform with a 60ft pole.

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      It’s a Russian copy of facebook. Non-Russians hate it for that reason alone.

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          That’s another Russian facebook, yes.

          Telegram I feel is a mix between Facebook and Twitter. It doesn’t really push far enough in either direction to be a copy paste clone.