Telegram, the popular messenger with 800 million monthly active users worldwide, is inching closer to adopting an ecosystem strategy that is reminiscent
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As long as I can use Telegram with open source third party apps I give a shit about their bullshit.
What 3rd party app would you recommend to use telegram? I’m getting really annoyed by the stories thing at the top.
I’m a nekogram user but also heard a lot of good things about forkgram
do they remove stories and other bloat?
To be honest, I didn’t know about this nonsense before that post. So no, atleast Nekogram focuses on being a messenger.
Thanks for the heads up! Already installed Nekogram and uninstalled the default app. No stories bs anymore.
Life’s good again! 🤓
I’m using TelegramFOSS right off F-droid and until I read this thread I didn’t even know there was a stories feature