Why not use a more secure app than Telegram which doesn't have ads? I saw people mentioning matrix, signal, and simplex channels. Dunno if they're still around.

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Does it support unifiedpush like nagram and mercurygram?

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

Nope, it didn't when I last checked (mb ½year ago). Also, it has analytics and stuff.

I personally ended up cloning mercury and adding a few of those patches myself, which is quite easy since you don't need to add toggles (you always use what you use, and can skip adding what you don't use)

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

I liked this app, but it forced auto update without an option to disable so I switched back to Telegram FOSS.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Telegram has ads? I still use TG everyday mainly for work and I never seen a single ad, but I'm interested on other features I'll give it a try