2y ago

Telegram Stories are here — but only if you have a Premium subscription

www.androidcentral.com

27 comments

- Their wallets
What the damn is happening to the internet lately?!
- Enshittification left and right. Prime capitalism.
- To be honest, the way Telegram does it is fine. I guess most of the users didn't need the feature anyway
  
  And the subscription not even available everywhere... 🤷🏻
At least I don’t need to pay to turn it off.
ZZZ I like it as they can monetise a feature I'll never use. Perfect and preferable
Good, I don't want them anyway.
Why can't we have simple messaging app built for privacy, with good call and video options? Maybe a few emojis would be cool as well.
- Signal
  
  You can even use stories in signal, though I turned it off in settings and have forgotten since launch that it exists until this post reminded me.
  
  Of course, avid user.
- Telegram started that way but as they became so big, the process of Enshittification has now begin. It happens to all tech platforms that become too big.
  Here is how platforms die: First, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.
  https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
  
  This is a great article.
  
  It's not that shitty yet, is it? The features they have paywalled seemed very niche
- Because it's doesn't make enough money.
Seems pointless without people being able to use it freely.
Can I pay a premium subscription to never see this feature?
Sounds like a business savvy approach. You'll see people who want to make content and promote themselves on the platform subscribing.
I don't use Instagram and I read both this article and the linked telegram article and I still didn't see what it is.
Is it some kind of a photo album with selfies?

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