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Pavel Durov: The visionary whose alternative to Facebook was snatched away by the Kremlin and counterattacked with an even bigger hit, Telegram (english.elpais.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Don't know, it feels like he was (maybe still is) quite good at marketing and found a good team back in the days, but now they are just another big company trying to make a western WeChat and becoming a monopoly.

I like the product, but I am a bit wary of the founder and their strategic course

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I don't know what Telegram tries to become but given the existence of WhatsApp, it's certainly far off of becoming a monopoly in the foreseeable future.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

And signal

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