From 30bd80206b14077d710a65e9477d05b9c5871d1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Austin Huang Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:35:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update matrix-vs-telegram.md --- guide/matrix-vs-telegram.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/guide/matrix-vs-telegram.md b/guide/matrix-vs-telegram.md index e461d595..aa47ff65 100644 --- a/guide/matrix-vs-telegram.md +++ b/guide/matrix-vs-telegram.md @@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ Thank you for considering Matrix. We will start with why you should move from Te In the scope of this guide, the key reasons to move from Telegram to Matrix are: -* **Lack of privacy for private communications** since the default option is Cloud chat, which is not end-to-end encrypted. Secure chat also comes with significant feature limitations, such as no portability across devices. -* **Ads**, even if it's just for popular channels. Third-party clients are also not allowed to opt them out, albeit nobody knows how Telegram will enforce that restriction. +* **Lack of privacy for private communications** since the default option is Cloud chat, which is not end-to-end encrypted. Secure chat also comes with significant feature limitations, such as no portability across devices, not to mention Telegram's use of its own protocol. +* **Ads**, even if it's just for popular channels. Third-party clients are also not allowed to opt them out, although nobody knows how Telegram will enforce that restriction. +* Involvement with **cryptocurrency** as a mean to monetize. * **Phone number requirement.** -* Despite Telegram claiming to have minimal intervention on legal content, it nevertheless made **controversial decisions**, such as [shutting down Russian political bots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)#2021_shutdown_of_Russian_political_bots). (Matrix, on the other hand, is decentralized, which makes censorship technically difficult.) -* **Telegram servers are closed source**. (Says to defend against state censorship...?) +* Despite Telegram claiming to intervene only minimally on legal content, it nevertheless made **controversial moderation decisions**, such as [shutting down Russian political bots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)#2021_shutdown_of_Russian_political_bots). (Matrix, on the other hand, is decentralized, which makes censorship technically difficult.) +* **Questionable political alignment.** See [here](https://plush.city/@PsyChuan/112336464469767051). +* **Telegram servers are closed source.** (Says to defend against state censorship...?) * **Lack of control for private data and no guarantee on reliability**, as Telegram is centralized, not federated. See [here](../matrix-vs-al/#centralized-platforms). Despite recent studies, Telegram's use of its own MTProto protocol remains a debated subject, which will be left up to you.