Telegram launching its paid plan this month
Messaging app Telegram will launch a paid subscription plan for its customers this month, founder Pavel Durov stated on Friday.
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- Last Updated:June 11, 2022, 10:14 IST
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(Reuters) – Messaging app Telegram will launch a paid subscription plan for its customers this month, founder Pavel Durov stated on Friday.
Users who will go for Telegram Premium will get a better restrict for chats, media and file uploads, Durov stated in a blogpost.
“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,” he stated.
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The app, together with messaging software Signal, have seen a rise in customers following privateness issues with bigger rival WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms Inc. Telegram at present has 500 million month-to-month energetic customers and is likely one of the 10 most downloaded apps on the planet, in accordance with its web site.
Durov stated the transfer to supply a paid subscription was to make sure that Telegram stays funded primarily by its customers and never advertisers.
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