submitted 8 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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The official Telegram app with ads that appear at inconvenient locations bugs me. Any recomendations for a good FOSS Telegram client that does not show ads?

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[-] doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

Does Telegram actively enforce stuff against third party clients? Like if I use a third party client, is my account at risk of being banned?

[-] gunpachi@lemmings.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't think so. As long as you are not in some shady third party fork, you will be okay.

I have been using telegram forks for some time now, never encountered a ban or anything like that.

[-] doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I was just piqued that if third party forks might offer extra features, some of which if they overlap with Telegram's Premium offering, could be an issue. But I checked out couple of apps listed in this thread and they feel alright. I had confused a fork with a mod of the official app, the latter of which would certainly be a grey area.

[-] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Nah they they're chill. Hell, I can't even count how many alternative clients they own. IIRC they developed four clients for web alone.

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