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Telegram is the 5th most downloaded app, beating Zoom, Snapchat, Twitter and is almost tied with WhatsApp. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by angarabebesi@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Tiktok cements it's #1 status

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[–] benagain@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I logged into telegram today and found that all my data had been deleted because I hadn't used it in 6 months. Like I get why that feature might be desirable in some circumstances but for me, I'm not using end-to-end encryption because I'm sharing state secrets that need to self destruct upon opening - I just don't want the middlemen.

I've been looking into alternatives like Matrix/Element, XMPP etc - it sounds like Element might be easier to get non-techy friends to adopt but it, from my understanding, has a fairly power hungry mobile app.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

FluffyChat is a less power hungry alternative to Element. The reason these use so much battery is that they constantly check for new messages and don't do it over the privacy infringing Google cloud messaging services, also known as Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), if it's Android. These are integrated into the system and work a bit more efficiently.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

SHEIN on #19 is one of the worst apps for the planet due to slave labor and cheap clothes which are meant to be trashed instead of washed.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

Holy shit, three of the top five downloaded apps are within the Facebook ecosystem (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram).

And further down you have Messenger and WhatsApp Business, also from Facebook (I refuse to call them Meta).

That's really awful.