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3rd party Telegram app? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 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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[–] David@lemy.lol 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm using Mercurygram because it supports UnifiedPush

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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 7 months ago (2 children)

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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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 7 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.

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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 7 months ago

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

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nekogram

[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nekogram X?

[–] schizoidman@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Seems some messages in channels are not supported.

[–] The_wild_card@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would suggest Mercurygram or telegram FOSS both removes binary bloat . The dev of mercurygram is super responsive and the updates are also faster on mercurygram .

[–] schizoidman@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Mercurygram still has ads unfortunately

[–] The_wild_card@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

What i have never ever seen em. I think it maybe the channels you are in ?

[–] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 7 months ago

Telegrapher looks cool

[–] pixelgesicht@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

matrix with telegram bridge

[–] Sentient@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

One of the clients of all time