Telegram banned in India till June 22, any alternative for notifier?

[Bitcoin Smith]

Banning telegram isn't the solution for this problem but I am not surprised if they even think about the complete ban, stupid but very much possible. Eventually they have to ban every messaging app and develop an app that is completely controlled by Indian government.

Anyway, here is the alternative if that happens - BitList.co - Bitcointalk Notification BOT [SimpleX], just same as telegram but even more privacy focused while being less popular so government might not even consider banning it.

[pawanjain]

Banning telegram isn't the solution for this problem but I am not surprised if they even think about the complete ban, stupid but very much possible. Eventually they have to ban every messaging app and develop an app that is completely controlled by Indian government.

Anyway, here is the alternative if that happens - BitList.co - Bitcointalk Notification BOT [SimpleX], just same as telegram but even more privacy focused while being less popular so government might not even consider banning it.

Banning telegram is still fine but developing a messaging app controlled by the government ?
Lol, even if the government will consider creating such an app, why would anybody even install that app ?
It's not like the government can force us to install the app, afterall its just used for messaging.

[TheUltraElite]

I could still use telegram using a VPN, it just sucks that you have to use another app to start an instant messenger. Using Tor based applications will become more common every time the Indian government issues some idiotic ban on stuff that they dont understand.

The app is back and working for now. But I think in future government is going to push its own messaging apps.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Banning telegram isn't the solution for this problem but I am not surprised if they even think about the complete ban, stupid but very much possible. Eventually they have to ban every messaging app and develop an app that is completely controlled by Indian government.

Anyway, here is the alternative if that happens - BitList.co - Bitcointalk Notification BOT [SimpleX], just same as telegram but even more privacy focused while being less popular so government might not even consider banning it.

Banning telegram is still fine but developing a messaging app controlled by the government ?
Lol, even if the government will consider creating such an app, why would anybody even install that app ?
It's not like the government can force us to install the app, afterall its just used for messaging.

If there is no app left to use then we have to install whatever the app that is available, just same as China but they are far better in their innovation and even the censorship which may never be possible with a democracy like India. But they successfully banned TikTok, which was so popular at that time and it still remaing banned so it is possible though.

[pawanjain]

I could still use telegram using a VPN, it just sucks that you have to use another app to start an instant messenger. Using Tor based applications will become more common every time the Indian government issues some idiotic ban on stuff that they dont understand.

The app is back and working for now. But I think in future government is going to push its own messaging apps.

It doesn't make any sense to install government controlled messaging apps though.
Besides that, we already have whatsapp for messaging. The reason government banned Telegram was for file sharing.
The government should understand that file sharing is not limited to Telegram. There are literally hundreds of alternative to that.
Banning is not a solution and they are just making a joke out of themselves with that.