• Muehe@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    That’s kind of an apples an oranges comparison, WhatsApp doesn’t even try to present a facade of being open source. Telegram does, betting that the distinction between server and client code will go over most peoples heads, which it probably does to be honest.

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      1 year ago

      There are two realistic alternatives with hundreds of millions of users. Whatsapp has a closed source client, Telegram has an open source one. The choice for me is easy.

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        1 year ago

        That sounds like a false dichotomy and I’m not sure why you even think the number of users is relevant. Why not choose something fully open source?