What is Telegram and why should I use it?

What is Telegram?

Telegram is a multi-platform messaging service founded by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov. It rolled out for Android in Alpha on October 20, 2013, and now has an estimated 200 million monthly users.

Telegram’s user base tends to increase whenever a privacy scandal hits one of its larger competitors.

Telegram Messenger: Just another messaging app?

Telegram’s core functionality is the same as most other messaging apps: You can message other Telegram users, create group conversations, call contacts, and send files and stickers.

However, Telegram only uses this encryption in calls and in its “secret chats” feature (which I talk more about below), not in regular chats — those are only encrypted client to server. Meanwhile, WhatsApp, the supposedly less secure service, has used end-to-end encryption in messages, calls, and video calls since 2016. Both services also have optional two-factor authentication.

Monetization

News stories like Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, apps sending data to Facebook without user consent, and Amazon employees listening to what you ask Alexa, have all raised concerns about how our data is monitored and distributed. If you want to use a multi-billion dollar company’s service, it can be difficult to avoid.

What are the pros of Telegram?

Telegram’s main feature list may cross over with other apps, but there are many specific differences between it and its competitors. Here are some of the bigger differences. 
Secret chats
The aforementioned secret chats are where you can take part in end-to-end encrypted messaging with a contact. But that’s not its only benefit: Secret chats also doesn’t allow a person forward messages from there or take screenshots. Of course, someone could take a picture of the screen with another device, but it’s still discouraged, and it’s bolstered by another feature: self-destruct timers.
Large file size limit
If you want to send big files, Telegram has much of the competition beat with support for up to 1.5GB files. Meanwhile, WhatsApp’s limit is 100MB, WeChat’s limit is 100MB, and Skype’s limit is also 100MB.
Customizations
Telegram comes with some customization options absent from many of its competitors where you can choose the dominant app color, how Telegram opens links, whether or not the UI shows animations, and more. Telegram also features a chatbot integration where you can make use of and even create chatbots to improve the experience; here’s a list of some of the best ones.

What are the cons of Telegram?

Video calling
You can’t make video calls on Telegram messenger, which many competing messaging services support. Naturally, it also can’t group video calls like WhatsApp, Skype, and Facebook Messenger can. Your mileage will vary on how important this feature is. 

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