...or avoiding freedom of speech limitations (telegram).
etc.
The problem is, that you now have to go to that services' site, download the apk there and then get promptet "an update is available", download, install, etc., with the benefits of a package management system. You have alternative stores like f-droid, but there are almost no apps there, that would make "normal users" install it... for now. Same for others.
The fees can be avoided by making the subscription on the web ui and then continuing to use the main app.
The speech restrictions maybe have some merit, but right now Telegram basically only restricts extreme hate speech / borderline terrorist content to mobile users. The majority of users don’t care to access this anyway.
Telegram restricts a lot of stuff on the play store version, be it piracy related or just basic news from eg. russian sources or any other country that the EU/US/google doesn't like. App downloaded directly from telegram.org doesn't have such limitations. Considering the pressures from EU, I guess they'll have to censor that too relatively soon... maybe even everything pro-trump. Sometimes you want other news sources than the bbc/cnn.
...or avoiding freedom of speech limitations (telegram).
etc.
The problem is, that you now have to go to that services' site, download the apk there and then get promptet "an update is available", download, install, etc., with the benefits of a package management system. You have alternative stores like f-droid, but there are almost no apps there, that would make "normal users" install it... for now. Same for others.