Einar to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoTelegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChattechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down117cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkTelegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChattechcrunch.comEinar to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square91fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-square@smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish20•9 months agoTelegram has the best clients ever. But those clients need to connect to something and this is where we encounter a big problem.
minus-squareVirkkunenlinkfedilink0•9 months agoBut isn’t that the whole point of a messaging service? Connect to something else that’s not local and have your messages exchanged?
minus-square@Muehe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months agoI think smileyhead is alluding to the fact that Telegram servers are not open source, just the clients are.
minus-squareඞmirlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoWhy would it matter if the servers are open source? How would you ever verify they are running the exact build they claim they are?
Telegram has the best clients ever. But those clients need to connect to something and this is where we encounter a big problem.
But isn’t that the whole point of a messaging service? Connect to something else that’s not local and have your messages exchanged?
I think smileyhead is alluding to the fact that Telegram servers are not open source, just the clients are.
Why would it matter if the servers are open source? How would you ever verify they are running the exact build they claim they are?
By running it myself, duh.