Killergram for Android, assuming you've either got a rooted device or LSPatch.
I remember there also being something for Telegram desktop but I can't find it right now.
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Get off Telegram, nothing good has ever come from that client.
In a lot of situations this is sadly not plausible. Here it is pretty much as dominant among younger generations as Whatsapp is among the older ones. Like, my uni group has all its communication there: technically could leave, but I would need far more organizational and social skill than I have now. So I just isolate it from private information and treat as public.
What ads are you talking about?
Maybe install Telegram FOSS?
TGFOSS doesn't remove ads. Infact, by the API policies you aren't allowed to do that as a client maintainer.
Mind posting a screenshot? I've never seen the adverts
There are Telegram ads?
Yes, in large public channels there can sometimes be ads. These used to be contextual, but they aren't anymore.
They are only in public groups iirc
Does the adguard dns still exist?
I don't think you can block first party ads using adguard dns
It does.
Use the open source client on fdroid
They don't block Ads ( speaking from experience )
Telegram Ads aren't that terrible if you ask me, they're not behavioral, and easy to ignore..
I see no ads using the open source client.
I don't think there is a Foss client on fdroid at least that blocks ads
have you tried nekogram?
Doesn't get updated anymore
And?
This hard on for updates is exasperating. Does it still work?
It does still get updated about once a month, last one was on April 2: https://nekogram.app/changelog
I use the Telegram FOSS client from F-Droid. I don't remember seeing any ads in it. There are a lot of them (and 99% are malicious) in the official client though
What about desktop?
No idea
I haven't used telegram, but in general this is the correct solution.