> Messaging apps from EU make it easier to imprison the EU-based owners and employees, and thus easier to control the platform.
Not when "the platform" is from outside the EU, as Telegram is.
For any question along the lines of "is Telegram in breach of legal obligations?" there's zero connection to what any other messaging app does.
If I set up a local company for a local messaging app and local government leans on me about it, that government doing so makes zero difference to an outside company such as Telegram.
> If Dotcom was in the US he would be in prison for a decade. It's a huge difference.
His home was raided in 2012 and he's lost his last battle against extradition despite some intermediate wins about the raid itself.
You seem to think that a new local platform excludes existing platforms, this is now how anything works and would be a fantastic money making strategy if it did.
If Dotcom was in the US he would be in prison for a decade. It's a huge difference.