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Telegram is just actually superior in terms of features I don't get it.

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[–] Kbobabob 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not sure the file limitations are much of a factor when 100mb covers most files that would need to be sent through a messaging service. There are plenty of dedicated services for sharing larger files.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mentioned it because it was an annoying limitation for me. 100mb is not a lot for media and zip files nowadays. And I don't know any good free services that will work more conveniently than simply sending with Telegram, suggestions welcome.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Why would you text someone a zip? I always send any files like that over email, I recommend ProtonMail for security but what do I know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

https://toffeeshare.com/ is what I usually use for big files. But both sender and receiver need to be online for the whole transfer. It doesn't store anything you send on their servers, but that's a feature for me Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Piracy tho. I can go to my telegram, search a movie title and click play and it just works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the file size is under 2GB I guess, which is ehhh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

4GB if the sender was premium, which they will be.

I don't care if its 720p if it just works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh I'll want it to be decent 1080p

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s the point tho, it negates the need for dedicated services for sharing larger files

[–] Kbobabob 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not use an encrypted service to send files though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
  1. It's encrypted, just not E2E encrypted

  2. A lot of the time the files i'm sending are game clips or parts of Youtube videos. i want good quality above privacy