Pavel Durov Unofficial

2022-06-21 22:59:24 Happy Solstice!

Telegram now has over 700 million monthly users.

With the latest update, we have also launched the Premium subscription on most devices.

The beauty of Telegram Premium is that if just 2,5-3% of our users sign up for this subscription, Telegram will cover its costs, supported purely by its users. This will herald a new, user-centric era in the history of social media services.

Thank you for loving Telegram! We you back. Open / Comment

2022-06-21 00:28:10 https://telegram.org/blog/700-million-and-premium/ Open / Comment

2022-06-20 01:06:00

https://telegram.org/blog/700-million-and-premium/ Open / Comment

2022-06-16 14:33:25 Telegram Web provides an extraordinary experience on desktops, but it also works great on mobile devices. It is prevented, however, from reaching native-app-level quality on iOS, because Apple limits web developers in terms of what they can do on iPhones and iPads.

In April, the developer of Telegram Web shared a 10-point list of issues in the iOS Safari browser that Apple has been unwilling to fix or improve for years (check it here for technical details). Other developers have even complained that Apple's Safari is killing the web.

We suspect that Apple may be intentionally crippling its web apps to force its users to download more native apps where Apple is able to charge its 30% commission (I wrote about why it is harmful here).

Fortunately, regulators have started to realise what is going on. This week, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a UK regulator, concluded:

"Apple bans alternatives to its own browser engine on its mobile devices; a restriction that is unique to Apple. The CMA is concerned this severely limits the potential for rival browsers to differentiate themselves from Safari (for example, on features such as speed and functionality) and limits Apple’s incentives to invest in its browser engine.

This restriction also seriously inhibits the capability of web apps – apps that run on a browser rather than having to be individually downloaded – depriving consumers and businesses of the full benefits of this innovative technology."

I think it's an accurate summary and hope that regulatory action will follow soon. It's sad that, more than ten years after Steve Job's death, a company that once revolutionized mobile web turned into its most significant roadblock. Open / Comment

2022-06-12 23:43:42 Dance, turn around with the rhythm of nature's melody
As beautiful as ocean and fog
As colorful as Moon and the lea

Dance, a dance as the experience of freedom
Wearing nakedness, blooming
And becoming comly

Butterfly gets tempted, to touch your hair with its wings
Passes candle and flame
Turns to ashes by your beauty

The naked accent of your body
Makes the breeze to fall in love
The star becomes jolly and the night sways joyfully

Crickets tell the wind
To call your name loudly
Between Robinias, spreeds the scent of your body

Dance and show your soul to the whole world
Become the meaning of freedom
Become the meaning of benignity



Dance
#poem Open / Comment

2022-06-11 00:42:17 Since the day Telegram was launched almost 9 years ago, we've been giving our users more features and resources than any other messaging app. A free app as powerful as Telegram was revolutionary in 2013 and is still unprecedented in 2022. To this day, our limits on chats, media and file uploads are unrivaled.

And yet, many have been asking us to raise the current limits even further, so we looked into ways to let you go beyond what is already crazy. The problem here is that if we were to remove all limits for everyone, our server and traffic costs would have become unmanageable, so the party would be unfortunately over for everyone.

After giving it some thought, we realized that the only way to let our most demanding fans get more while keeping our existing features free is to make those raised limits a paid option. That's why this month we will introduce Telegram Premium, a subscription plan that allows anyone to acquire additional features, speed and resources. It will also allow users to support Telegram and join the club that receives new features first.

Not to worry though: all existing features remain free, and there are plenty of new free features coming. Moreover, even users who don't subscribe to Telegram Premium will be able to enjoy some of its benefits: for example, they will be able to view extra-large documents, media and stickers sent by Premium users, or tap to add Premium reactions already pinned to a message to react in the same way.

While our experiments with privacy-focused ads in public one-to-many channels have been more successful than we expected, I believe that Telegram should be funded primarily by its users, not advertisers. This way our users will always remain our main priority. Open / Comment

2022-05-25 01:48:07 Dear friends,
Recently, some scammers are using our name and reputation to scam people, introducing themselves as the real Pavel Durov (@durov).

Our only channel in Telegram is @paveldurovunofficial (which is a fanpage dedicated to Telegram and its creator), and we don't have any other chat, group or channel with the same name.

We never send you any message including the request for investing in something, buying something, your personal information or money.

If you see such messages, please note that they're not from us, don't trust them and report them as soon as possible.

Thank you so much for your concern and support.

(screenshots taken and sent by a dear member of the channel) Open / Comment

2022-05-19 03:41:06 The media often calls me a billionaire, but, unlike most billionaires, I don't own jets, yachts, cars or houses.

Creating things always seemed to me a more rewarding activity than engaging in consumption. Open / Comment