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Whatsapp blocked telegram.me links at some point (I think when it was acquired by facebook, inciting an other mass exodus)

How? WhatsApp messages are e2ee. Via the preview pings maybe?

If I remember, telegram.me links would not be identified as URLs requiring manual copy-paste. They didn't have link previews back then.

The messages are E2EE only in transit. They can always tweak clients for things like this.

For example, try referencing another platform or payment system in an iOS app ;)

Definitely can’t reference other places to buy an item from your eBay or Amazon posting.

Hell Amazon won’t even let you sell at a lower price elsewhere, and they have web scraping automation setup to catch you and hide your listings if you do…

I meant that Freenode is now proprietary as well, as the sibling comment mentions, yep!

Freenode is now a proprietary platform operated by Lee.