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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.
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.