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Telegram without ads? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So, Telegram has launched horrible ads that look a lot like spam to me. At least in my channels it's typically some crypto bullshit. So, I wonder if people know about alternatives to the subscription service for blocking them? Sadly, Forkgram won't offer that option and it doesn't seem to be allowed. However, I wonder if there are still forks out there which block the ads? Or do people know of alternative options?

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[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I use telegram mainly for info channels and tickers. To my knowledge that's not possible in Signal, because you can't restrict participants to be read-only (right?)

[–] john_lemmy@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I saw people using signal for announcements only by restricting posting messages to group chat admins. Is that similar to what you're looking for?

[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Ah nice, I didn't know that was possible

[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can do that, but Simplex has a limit on the amount of users in a group due to encryption. There is no point in using an e2ee messenger for public announcements

[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

True! But then Simplex / Signal are no real alternatives to Telegram, are they?