I've been using Forkgram for about a year, no issues with accounts so far
I use forkgram on fdroid, seems to not have telemetry
I think you are right, otherwise fdroid themselves would put it in their non-free warnings list.
It Dead? Been using for years
Last update was in 2024.
Nagram or Momogram, or Mercurygram which is a fork of Telegram-FOSS. none are on f-droid though, just github releases
Used forkgram but once I tried Nagram I couldn't go back.
Once installed you can follow their official telegram channel and update it that way.
Mercurygram is in fdroid... But i think it's also dead, last release in Sept 2024.
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