I think it can combine and integrate other chat apps (like, telegram, or something) so you don't have to constantly have tons of apps to talk to your friends
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Chary
The main use, AFAIK, is for long distance calls or texts which are normally very very expensive
smallissue
telegram is open source and based and whatsapp is litterally the same thing but owned by big companie and with lotsa advertising
Julie_Pilgrim
As someone who comes from a third-world country, a lot of people use it there
smallissue
omfg we know already
Julie_Pilgrim
bro i said it once
Julie_Pilgrim
and akira didnt see it that time, and that's the main person im talking to
AkiraKurusu
I was initially confused by the mention of "Telegram", because the last time I heard that word, it was referring to Morse code signalling.
Why am I so...out-of-date?
Why am I so...out-of-date?
Julie_Pilgrim
Telegram is basically just whatsapp but not owned by a big company
AkiraKurusu
@Scott_pilgrim Makes sense, I suppose, with the cheaper calls/texts.
smallissue
saying "telegram" makes me feel like a zoomer but at least the telegram team is really good at the shit they do
Julie_Pilgrim
... but you are a zoomer lmao
Julie_Pilgrim
unless you're pretending to be 13 on the internet for some reason
AkiraKurusu
I'd like to be 13 again...
Yet another thing I fail to understand the popularity of - am I just weird?