Cryptocurrency donations for bots, groups and channels
Show a button for sending quick donations to maintainers of bots, groups or channels using cryptocurrency. This could use either an established cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, Etherium, EOS, etc. – or some…
I've been considering it further, and I'm sure Ads in telegram could be executed in a thoughtful user-centric way, I'm just worried that opening the door to advertising in a small way now will mean that long-term, these sorts of considerations will get tossed aside in favour of increased bottom line.
I'd much rather a regular subscription be attached to unlocking additional features as it motivates new feature development. If you're selling additional features under a subscription, you'll always be looking to make your subscription features better. I'd more than happily pay 5-20 bucks+ a month for turbo/vip/channel upgrades etc.
Having an option to review and approve ads before they go in my channel would be excellent, even if I were required to approve a set minimum quantity of ads overall
I use the app to text people. In an attempt to flex on discord, twitch, instagram and other vaguely related services, however, the app has been letting out poorly planned updates with a slew of bad features or, at least, terribly executed features. Like, the "post as channel" in public groups is a mountain of a mess alone, but that's not my point here.
To make a long story short, Telegram is heading toward selling out. I'm calling it here. They're starting to make the app HARDER to use, navigate, and manage to make features that rival their "competitors" and it's probably been leading up to this to begin with: the next step on a slippery slope we've been going down for a while.
But this? Now? No. I get that devs need to eat, but if the plan is to just f*ck over the users and sell out, I'm not paying for this sh*t and I'm not allowing my channels to generate ad revenue for an app on the road to betray its foundations, and us.
This is not the attitude that got Telegram where it is.