Telegram is just actually superior in terms of features I don’t get it.

  • akulium@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Telegram let’s you send 2gb files, and stores them forever. Signal has a 100mb limit.

    It also used to be easier to set up on multiple devices at the same time, but I believe that Whatsapp and Signal have improved that by now too.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not sure the file limitations are much of a factor when 100mb covers most files that would need to be sent through a messaging service. There are plenty of dedicated services for sharing larger files.

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        1 year ago

        I mentioned it because it was an annoying limitation for me. 100mb is not a lot for media and zip files nowadays. And I don’t know any good free services that will work more conveniently than simply sending with Telegram, suggestions welcome.

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          https://toffeeshare.com/ is what I usually use for big files. But both sender and receiver need to be online for the whole transfer. It doesn’t store anything you send on their servers, but that’s a feature for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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        1 year ago

        That’s the point tho, it negates the need for dedicated services for sharing larger files

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            1 year ago
            1. It’s encrypted, just not E2E encrypted

            2. A lot of the time the files i’m sending are game clips or parts of Youtube videos. i want good quality above privacy

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      Why switch platforms if all your data is still being collected? This just provides another business with your data to sell and possibly have hacked. Sure, Telegram offers encryption, but it’s not enabled by default even though they advertise it thoroughly. This demonstrates they’re taking advantage of peoples desire for privacy simply to increase their user base while making the users + contacts do all the work.

      As far as file sharing, with ProtonDrive I can use any messaging service and send a 500GB file if I wanted, fully encrypted with password protection and an expiration date. Telegram keeping the files forever doesn’t seem like a benefit either.