I really do wish that Telegram would reconsider putting up sponsored ads in channels. I've always kept it as my safe zone while the rest of the internet is saturated with ads.
If the ads are going to stay, it'd be nice to at least give channel admins the power to chose which ads show up on their channel. Or possibly even give channels the option to opt out of sponsored ads. Making the ads more distinct from regular posts would be nice too. Thank you
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I'd also like to add that one alternative could involve a subscription plan (yearly or monthly) to avoid ads, and have control over what ads (if any) get shown on channels run by you. I do believe that the folks who run telegram deserve to get payed for their hard work, but having the option to opt out of ads would be awesome.
As far as I understood from Durov's post, the ads are based on the channel theme, not on the user's profile. I think giving the channel's owner and/or users a feedback button to stop seeing certain kind of ads would also go a long way.
Deer Spangle ️
I run a channel and occasionally see my posts forwarded to some really distasteful places. This new ad feature has me really worried that now those places are going to be jamming adverts into my channel :( 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
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Eduardo Cardona
Consider a yearly fee as an option to not get advertisement
I'd be happy with this. Or even month to month as a secondary option
Laura
There is a serious possibility people could switch to other ad-free messaging providers. It would be a true shame given all it's been invested to make people realize how important Telegram is for privacy matters. Especially given ads eventually always end up needing data collection for targeting.
katrick "baizuo baddie" bateman, clippy comrade, ten tonne terror of tel aviv & CEO @ kinetic meat concepts LLC
Ads WILL necessitate the relaxation of data harvesting. I have been using this app in some capacity for something like 8 years now, and I'm not optimistic about this change.
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.
katrick "baizuo baddie" bateman, clippy comrade, ten tonne terror of tel aviv & CEO @ kinetic meat concepts LLC
This. We all know there's other platforms. We've been told there are other platforms for years. We stayed for a reason, talking about alternatives isn't really productive itt.
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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.