Telegram has rolled out its first update of the year, adding a new account verification method powered by third-parties, new message search filters, and the ability to turn gifts into NFTs.
Telegram has rolled out its first update of the year, adding a new account verification method powered by third-parties, new message search filters, and the ability to turn gifts into NFTs.
I think they are trying to find ways to monetize the ecosystem without having to sell user data or more ads. Their generous inital fund won’t last forever. I use telegram daily but I never have to interact with any of the paid features. Telegram is also not pushy about them. But if you want them, they are there.
I guess, I just dislike that sometimes I fat-finger into popups about gifting premium, especially when I’m a premium user, was. It’s great value for the price and I wanted to support them, but all this focus and those popups really drove me out of the features I enjoyed just for the principle.
The only reason I still use it is the same reason I have WhatsApp installed. To interact with people that refuse to swap.