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I would hope the sharply better security of Wire or WhatsApp would be a good reason to use them instead of Telegram.

there are plenty of factors at play. for example:

i would hope the "not being owned by a datamining advertising giant" of wire or telegram would be a good reason to use them instead of whatsapp.

If you're worried about supporting Facebook, use Wire. Facebook can't read WhatsApp messages, which are E2E encrypted (unlike Telegram's default). But it's a legit concern, and one that Wire addresses nicely.

You should be extremely suspicious of any messaging company that advertises client-server encryption as a privacy feature. It obviously is not.

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