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 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.
In addition, if Telegram starts with the ads, I will begin using Signal more.
quick alternatives that come to my brain: "free users can upload files up to 2gb, paid users can upload files up to 5gb" or something like that. also telegram does have some payment thing iirc, so maybe something to get the monei could come from there. it would probably screw a bunch of users but it wouldnt be screwing __most__ users
there are many options that doesnt involve implementing stuff that makes the userbase go "ewww". and yet you decided to have ads. not cool.