I plan to subscribe to Telegram Premium, because I value the service Telegram provides and would like to directly contribute to its continued existence. However, in the communities that I'm part of, lots of people don't have the disposable income required to pay monthly for a chat app. I don't want to contribute to the creation of another wealth-based status symbol in my communities, which the "I pay for Telegram" icon might be.
Could the Premium star icon be removed, or at least off-by-default with an option for users to toggle it on if they want?
Other social platforms with user monetization features do not tell other people when you pay for the platform. For example, nobody can tell if you pay for Twitter Blue or YouTube Red. I think Telegram would do well to follow their lead.
This is needed, I don't want to become an ad for Telegram
Mike
Came here now that v9 shows the badge everywhere. It was fine on my profile, but announcing it everywhere doesn't work for me. I'd really like a toggle switch for this.
You should unsubscribe anyway so that Durov doesn't get any more money for his cryptocurrency grifting :/
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Illia Barkov
Thats not cool, i would like to be able to hide it complitly. Its should be my right to do so. I feel myself uncomfortable when everyone can see this badge.
Denis
Wtf, why i am not able to hide the emoji?
Andrey
The only reason why I didn't subscribe to the Telegram Premium is because there is no way to hide the badge!
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