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Telegram's future plans

by cristaloleg on 12/23/20, 8:14 AM with 17 comments

• by j-pb on 12/23/20, 10:21 AM

  I think telegram is one of the operating systems of the future, most just haven't realized it yet.

  Using their API and System to develop apps is a breath of fresh air after years of bad and broken web APIs, non portable and cluttered native GUI frameworks, and app development riddled with incidental complexity.

  They give you everything you need, including payment, custom keyboards, embedded media, room access. But in a super straightforward simple way. It's just ridiculous how quickly you can iterate on apps that use telegram as their frontend, so much cuft is left behind.

  Telegram allows you to write apps that solve real needs, in a humane way. And as a dev that gives me hope that our industry isn't lost just yet.

• by reactspa on 12/23/20, 9:53 AM

  The coolest thing about Telegram?

  Its Windows Desktop app is portable. Por-ta-ble. Fucking portable. Nothing to install, it can run off a USB stick or a folder in the PC.

• by ffpip on 12/23/20, 8:29 AM

  Running ads won't cover their expenses.

  Telegram's server costs are massive. They store all messages, unlike whatsapp and signal, which only act as a relay.

  Telegram has much higher file limits (2GB per file and unlimited files) than all other apps. It's used a lot by pirates to share movies and shows. Basically every show comes on some channel/group in Telegram.

• by jlelse on 12/23/20, 10:07 AM

  I'm looking forward to this. I use Telegram everyday to communicate with friends and family and Durov is giving me trust that he isn't going to ruin the app.

• by ffpip on 12/23/20, 8:23 AM

  Dang, even I submitted this, but apparently all t.me links are immediately shadow banned.

  I think you should whitelist t.me/durov/