So, Telegram has launched horrible ads that look a lot like spam to me. At least in my channels it’s typically some crypto bullshit. So, I wonder if people know about alternatives to the subscription service for blocking them? Sadly, Forkgram won’t offer that option and it doesn’t seem to be allowed. However, I wonder if there are still forks out there which block the ads? Or do people know of alternative options?
It’s just a joke. I don’t want you to actually feel bad.
But you should do some research on Telegram, and the fact that they rolled ads out on its own should be a giant Red Flag waving you down. They’re not a good company, and their homespun encryption is dubious at best.
I know! But I don’t really have a choice currently; which app would you suggest for tickers / info channels? Mastodon would be an option, but it’s not quite the same. Abd I’d first have to convince everyone to use it :/
I feel that. That’s why I said it was a joke. If I could get all my people off Discord and on Matrix I would but oh well.
Matrix/Element would be my preferred as I could self-host, but I don’t have better suggestions that are more like Telegram I am sorry to say.
Just be more like me and refuse to talk to people who aren’t on Signal. Works for me sometimes.
Huh, I clicked the link and it’s blocked by my DNS content blocker. Have you tried using an adblocker on your phone?
Which one? There’s three in my post. And I do use an ad blocking DNS, but this can’t block message-like ads from Telegram. Otherwise it would have to somehow read the encrypted message content…
The first one (ads). I’m not a heavy user, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen ads or sponsored messages even in unencrypted chats. I use Mullvad’s DNS blocker.
i kinda wanna quit nowadays but android customization channels (custom roms, gcam etc) are moving there from xda nowadays so no choice :(
wish there was some read only tg scraper.
Where can I find links to join these? Been wondering why everything is dried up.
I would also like the link to custom roms channels. I never used Telegram but may check it out since its something I am interested in.
usually when you look at a rom threads’ first post you can find a telegram link
they are usually about a specific device. These are the few I’m in.
t.me/eureka_roms (Exynos 7884/5 Galaxy phones)
t.me/eliteroms_sexynos (Exynos 5443, 8890, 8895, 9810)
t.me/exynos9820oss (Exynos 9820)
t.me/LGG7V40Customs (LG’s SDM845 devices)
Nekogram and Mercurygram (both from F-Droid) may be the option? Using them both now and so far I dont see any ads popping up.
Telegram has launched horrible ads that look a lot like spam to me.
Ads and spam are the same thing…
Do know why you use Telegram but you shouldn’t use it…
Because not everyone can cut off every bad platform. People have family and work on it and Whatsapp. Be more understanding about people’s situations.
I was under the imoression that Telegram was a better alternative to WhatsApp but even WhatsApp doesn’t have ads. What should I be using, then?
WhatsApp kind of has ads, in the form of advertised channels and still sucks up your data. For simplicity use Signal, for decentralized and number less registration use Simplex, and if you want the maximum privacy use Briar (Briar has huge trade offs for more privacy, so unless you gotta leak some documents or something I wouldn’t use it)
Telegram was never a better alternative. It’s not even encrypted. All your chats go straight to Abu Dhabi where everyone can freely access them.
Signal is a viable alternative to Whatsapp. Threema is too, but less popular.
AyuGram is ad-free and also has a little more TOS-breaking features. Use at your own risk!
Mobile: https://github.com/AyuGram/AyuGram4A
Desktop: https://github.com/AyuGram/AyuGramDesktopI’ll give it a try, thanks! Sadly it doesn’t seem to be well maintained though :/
