I was a user on Telegram from India.

Telegram is not sending text messages because I don’t have a premium account. And many features are locked in premium.

Currently, Telegram doesn’t allow users to create or log in to accounts via third-party apps. Also, I need an official telegram (a must from the Play Store). (Not even the apk from their own website.) To receive a login code.

Do you guys ever feel that telegram has become so much worse?

  • WTF@feddit.ch
    11·
    8 months ago

    Nobody privacy in mind should ever use it in India since Telegram had agreed to comply PM’s surveillance policy.

  • zephyrvs@lemmy.ml
    82·
    8 months ago

    I’m not paying for Telegram and I haven’t noticed missing out anywhere because of it. I’m using the APK file instead of the Play Store version because the latter censors Russian media channels (and I hate censorship). I wasn’t even aware there were premium accounts.

    I’m in 2 dozen channels, have a few friends who mainly use Telegram instead of the competitors and I haven’t noticed a single issue, except for their homegrown encryption scheme.

    • Łumało [he/him]English
      32·
      8 months ago

      I’m using the APK file instead of the Play Store version because the latter censors Russian media channels (and I hate censorship)

      This stance is what eventually turns one into a communist. I would know. I had it.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
    61·
    8 months ago

    I’ve never used Telegram until recently. I keep receiving spam on it all the time.

  • nottheengineer@feddit.de
    59·
    8 months ago

    Telegram doesn’t have proper E2E encryption, so why are you using it for text messages at all? Asking this in privacy seems a bit weird to me.

    • Albin Jose@endlesstalk.orgOP
      46·
      8 months ago

      The secret chats are E2EE. And I am not using it to send text messages. I am saying that Telegram is not sending me a text message login code because I do not have a premium account.