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I don't even know what Telegram does, but if I have Signal and iMessage I'm not sure what anything can offer me that I'm missing...

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Telegram is substantially more feature rich. However Signal is open source. However that only really matters on the front - end. Nobody can inspect the code on a server unless you have access.

You'll ultimately have a make a descision based on who you trust more.

> However Signal is open source.

Not a telegram fan at all but their clients are also open source

Telegram is opensource the same way Signal is - clients are opensource and server is not (Signal didn't have a source dump for awhile now).

But Telegram has one big advantage - they publish a public tdlib library with which you can easily build your own Telegram client.

I'm not sure what anything can offer me that I'm missing...

Very large groups, if that’s your thing.

Keybase handles that, zoom purchase aside.

I like channel, I even use it as RSS reader. Sticker, Gif feel so much better in telegram. Saved messages, 1 member private channel for quick notes. And telegram has true native app for all major OS, not electron like signal.

The UX for Telegram is spot on for me.

Don't forget about their API. My systems at work send me Telegram messages when things are down.

You can also get one-to-many groups, which effectively act like you were following someone on Twitter.

You mean channels?

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