I would suggest Mercurygram or telegram FOSS both removes binary bloat . The dev of mercurygram is super responsive and the updates are also faster on mercurygram .
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Mercurygram still has ads unfortunately
What i have never ever seen em. I think it maybe the channels you are in ?
Extergaram is pretty good. I have been using it for about 4 months now. I feel like this is the best fork I've tried.
Previously I have tried Nekogram X and for a very short while Forkgram
Does Telegram actively enforce stuff against third party clients? Like if I use a third party client, is my account at risk of being banned?
I don't think so. As long as you are not in some shady third party fork, you will be okay.
I have been using telegram forks for some time now, never encountered a ban or anything like that.
matrix with telegram bridge
Nekogram
I'm using Mercurygram because it supports UnifiedPush
+1
I've been using Telegram-FOSS
Unsure if it does (not) have ads though,
if it has, then they're likely blocked by Adaway
I didn’t notice any apps yet and I definitely don’t use any kind of ad blocking.
Nekogram X?