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WhatsApp introduces screen sharing during video calls (techcrunch.com)
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[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Telegram had this for at least 3 years now.

[–] maeries@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Telegram has every feature earlier than whatsapp

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Except E2EE by default

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

yeah there's a tradeoff. it's either server-encrypted with your "cloud password" or e2e encrypted in which case you lose chat sync.
like you're supposed to use non-e2e chats for regular conversations, and encrypted ones for anything even remotely sensitive

audio/video calls are always encrypted.

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Or just do it like Matrix or Signal or even WhatsApp which have both E2EE and chat sync

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yeah they can do sync but it's rather janky and requires both devices to be on.
there are some advantages to telegram's cloud chat system, even though it's much less secure.

[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

indeed, that's true. Whatsapp is years behind Telegram in features.

[–] Backfire@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

To be fair, WhatsApp hasn't had any serious feature development up until the last year or so, so as far as features go, they're playing catch-up.

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not to be a dick, but Telegram (as much as I love it) has had a terrible Video Chat experience. The overall quality is heavy... And it's buggy.

[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I never had any issues with it. I use it on Android and Linux.

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's... weird... Windows Desktop and Android. The audio quality fluctuates alot.

Compared to the same hardware on Meet, the quality fluctuates a lot on Telegram.

To be fair, it's been over 4 months since I last used it. Let's see.