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.
And their mac app isn't electron garbage! It's amazing that they can pull off real native apps for each platform yet companies like Slack with tons of cash can't.
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.
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.
Sorry, that was me attempting being sarcastic. The link from the post I shared labels Telegram as "longtime drug-dealer haven", but unlike this one it wasn't shadow-banned.
I just wanted to point out to (IMHO) awkward selection.
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.