So, Telegram has launched horrible ads that look a lot like spam to me. At least in my channels it’s typically some crypto bullshit. So, I wonder if people know about alternatives to the subscription service for blocking them? Sadly, Forkgram won’t offer that option and it doesn’t seem to be allowed. However, I wonder if there are still forks out there which block the ads? Or do people know of alternative options?

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    The problem with Signal is that the UX isn’t up to par aesthetically and the problem with SimpleX is that the UX is overly complicated. People want a great chat app first and foremost, privacy is an afterthought.

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      What about Signal’s UI isn’t up to par aesthetically?

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        Same question. I checked out Signal not a long time ago and it was really good looking. The only thing regular users may not like is the encryption key verification thing but it’s not really a UI issue.

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          Definitely a UI issue because it is not clear what the user is supposed to do according to the UI.

          Should I be sitting physically next to the person to confirm? Read out the gazillion character code to them over a regular phone call?

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              If they are the only two options then it isn’t practical. Wouldn’t six characters be enough? One in 56,800,235,584 chance of guessing and brute force attacks could be avoided with a limit of 3 tries per hour.

              EDIT: Or I could just content myself with the first 6 characters matching. I suppose there is my solution.

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          Set the navigation bar size to compact and this looks much better.

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            Stories are primary content. In Telegram, Snapchat and all modern messengers, they’ve at the top of the message list. Even in Instagram that’s the case, in Signal, they’re pointlessly hidden because some old men who advocate for phones without front facing cameras spoke loud enough.

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      Many people use TG specifically because it has unlimited cloud storage. Signal doesn’t offer this (don’t know about SimpleX).

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        For the average person, the ability to run it on seamlessly on multiple devices is more important than storage.