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So, Telegram has launched horrible ads that look a lot like spam to me. At least in my channels it's typically some crypto bullshit. So, I wonder if people know about alternatives to the subscription service for blocking them? Sadly, Forkgram won't offer that option and it doesn't seem to be allowed. However, I wonder if there are still forks out there which block the ads? Or do people know of alternative options?

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 months ago (22 children)

It won't take long for clients to pop up. But ultimately people shouldn't rely on telegram or any billionaire backed software for pretty much anything.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (21 children)

100% agreed, but it's so hard to get everyone to move to signal or simplex or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I use telegram mainly for info channels and tickers. To my knowledge that's not possible in Signal, because you can't restrict participants to be read-only (right?)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I saw people using signal for announcements only by restricting posting messages to group chat admins. Is that similar to what you're looking for?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ah nice, I didn't know that was possible

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can do that, but Simplex has a limit on the amount of users in a group due to encryption. There is no point in using an e2ee messenger for public announcements

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

True! But then Simplex / Signal are no real alternatives to Telegram, are they?

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