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So sad that Telegram has a bad reputation in the West. It's *by far* the best UI/UX messenger out there. WhatsApp doesn't even come close (although I love the fact that it runs on the BEAM).

For me there 2 are in different leagues. Telegram is not end to end encryption so it cannot replace Signal/Whatsapp. Perfect for various bots, discord/IRC replacement, but not Signal or Whatsapp.

e2e encryption comes at a cost of usability, and in Telegram it does exist since day 1, I think, you only need to explicitly start e2e-encrypted chats

Again, I'm very long time telegram user, since ~2015 when I learned about github.com/telegramdesk... 😀 Telegram does a lot of things right - UX, native clients, animations, top quality work. It's just NOT signal or WhatsApp replacement for any of my private chats. Great for bots, groups.

Oh so you meant encrypted group chats, not one-on-ones, got it.