[cbxyp]

The problem for me is that it's yet another thing that allows Apple (and other in the EU soon to be commonly installed app stores) to censor content they don't like. Telegram is forced to censor channels that Apple/Google don't like. There are no porn apps on the app store. No gab.com apps anywhere (there was a massive effort to censor them up to and including banning Mastodon clients when they produced a compatible Mastodon instance) The effects on political censorship are heavy.

[SergeAx]

You may install Telegram APK from their website, and there's no censorship there. It will also auto-update faster than Google Play version, for obvious reason.

This is particularly why iPhone users need side loading. Root would be nice too.

[asadotzler]

They don't need the excuse. Why does it matter then?

[dbbk]

What a ludicrous take. You can still access anything you want inside Safari. Or Chrome. Or any other browser. There is zero censorship.

[fsflover]

There is zero censorship of the websites (and there is only Safari on iOS at the moment). For apps, there is definitely a censorship. Without web apps, it's indeed very impactful.

[bouncing]

Saying that some channels are not censored thus no censorship happens is obviously wrong.