Taking the consequences works fine if you're not responsible for anyone but yourself.

"Sorry kids, you aren't going to your friends parties or playing sports with them because my ideals conflict with your reality" is not a tenable position.

> Taking the consequences works fine if you're not responsible for anyone but yourself.

Yeah, definitely. I'm just responsible for myself. The day I have to be responsible for others, I'll just immigrate to a country where everybody uses Telegram haha.

you forgot something... here, just add:

"your mileage may vary"

and bob's your aunty

Not to worry your kids friends will share that they have a party. If you forbid your daughter from dating a guy they will find there way around that somehow.

Tbh I'm kind of amused that you rail against WhatsApp and then went and installed Telegram rather than Signal.

I have done my research well and I still support Telegram. I don't think Signal has what is needed to rival WhatsApp.

Telegram is a much better option that does not sell your user data and still has the best privacy options. Where most people like to disagree is the security part, but E2EE is not as important to me as long as my privacy is respected.

Agreed, if I need to send encrypted data, I won't be using a messaging app to do it.

Many reasons. Telegram is less evil then Whatsapp and it's best in class UI/UX. It's a compromise.

Signal is horrible to use and inconvenient for most people but with e2ee.