I'm still trying to figure it out, but I guess not. The only thing I'm sure about is that you will know whether the OTP code has been sent by Telegram or a P2PL relay
You can decide to send sms codes only within your country. You decide whether the tradeoff between costs, privacy and features is worth it. Sending 150 sms a month (or a magnitude more) would cost me 0 €. I find some of the premium features worth paying for. But I would never relay OTP codes for telegram
Especially since they are aiming the service to improve sign-up reliability in countries that block telegram
It's mainly to offload the cost of sending verification codes via sms to users, which is one of the costs that Telegram wants to cut. As far as I remember, it amounts to, like, 7% of all their annual expenses (I will source this later). A couple of years ago they decided not to send sms verification codes when you sign in from a third-party app, and just send the code to active session. This sounds like recipe for moderation headaches and privacy disasters, but also good way to boost their premium metrics :)
It's opt-in, of course
that's how my parents call me, yeah
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I've just tried to sign up from Firefox 122 and it worked. No captcha or other kinds of anti-bot puzzle to solve
What's "gas"?
I have to mention that I've downloaded the app from the website - premium costs more if you download the app from the store. In Italy, the pricing is 3.66 €/month if you pay monthly, or 2.24 €/month if you pay annually
I've been subscribed to premium for some time now. The things it would be difficult to give up are:
- voice messages transcription
- 4 gb files upload
- real-time translations
- ability to react to messages using custom emojis
- ability to react with up to 3 emojis to a message
- maybe, being able to create more than 10 folders
These features might seem some niche features you use once in a while, but I actually use them very very often
Premium is 2 €/month in my country, and considering how much I use Telegram (all my contacts and circles use it) and the features I mentioned above, I think it's worth it
So it begins
It's not an easy job. You're constantly moving weights (the truck lifts the garbage bin, but moving a 120 lt bin full of garbage from its spot to the truck and back is not easy either). When your friends are done with their workday, it's time for you to go to bed. You have to work with bad weather, because trash bins must be emptied no matter what. I work in the IT of the company that does the garbage collection in my area. My colleagues are not very enthusiast of their job, lol. But it's a stable job, at least. Pay is decent, but I wouldn't call it good. In other countries though, people doing the same job are getting paid better than in Italy