Telegram co-founder Pável Dúrov revealed why there is a leak from WhatsApp users to his instant messaging application, according to a statement published on Friday in its official Telegram channel, RT points out.
“I heard that Facebook has an entire department dedicated to finding out why Telegram is so popular. Imagine dozens of employees working for him full time “, the text reads. “I’m happy to save Facebook tens of millions of dollars and offer our free secret: respect your users,” he added.
In this regard, the Russian entrepreneur shows that millions of people are outraged by the WhatsApp announcement, which reported that starting February 8, he will share data with Facebook, a platform to which he has belonged since 2014.
The new WhatsApp usage policies have caused controversy and privacy concerns, as the technology giant will have access to contacts, information about mobile devices and the location of users, among other data.
Dúrov says that “it is not surprising that WhatsApp users’ flight to Telegram has accelerated”, arguing that this situation has been happening for years. “Telegram has become a major issue for the Facebook corporation,” he says.
Co-founder Telegram claims that in the face of this inability to compete with its application in terms of quality and privacy, these companies appear to have opted for “hidden marketing”, citing as an example that recently several paid robots have added biased information in the article. from Wikipedia dedicated to WhatsApp.
He also points out that they have detected robots that spread inaccurate information about their application on social networks, such as claiming that Telegram is a Russian company, that it does not use open source or that it is not encrypted.
“Unlike Facebook, Telegram does not spend money, much less billions of dollars, on” marketing “, Durov points out. We believe that people are smart enough to choose what is best for them, and judging by the 500 million people who use Telegram, this belief is justified, “he concludes.