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[risyachka]

Telegram's biggest investor is Russia's sovereign fund.

So I'd argue monetization here is not a top issue

[__rito__ → risyachka]

Honestly, TG was the most convenient messaging app that I had ever seen.

I used it for the convenience.

Until they focused all their energy, time to monetization features. The quality of rest of the app began to deteriorate.

[CaptainFever → __rito__]

To be fair, they had to make money somehow. I'm happy that they're trying to be financially sustainable.

[__rito__ → CaptainFever]

Yes, I agree with that. But their focus in being sustainable is coming at the cost of basic functionality.

The app has grown a lot slower, and became buggy, along with it having several dark patters pushing for monetization.