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submitted 1 year ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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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[-] David@lemy.lol 5 points 1 year ago

I'm using Mercurygram because it supports UnifiedPush

[-] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I've been using Telegram-FOSS

Unsure if it does (not) have ads though,
if it has, then they're likely blocked by Adaway

[-] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I didn’t notice any apps yet and I definitely don’t use any kind of ad blocking.

[-] gunpachi@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Extergaram is pretty good. I have been using it for about 4 months now. I feel like this is the best fork I've tried.

Previously I have tried Nekogram X and for a very short while Forkgram

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

[-] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago
[-] schizoidman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Seems some messages in channels are not supported.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[-] pixelgesicht@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

matrix with telegram bridge

[-] Sentient@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

One of the clients of all time

[-] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

Telegrapher looks cool

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