I literally laughed when I found out about it but it got me thinking about how I totally forgot telegram because it’s been months since I opened the app or use it at all. Following the hype around it last year, i never could have thought i would stop using it at a point. I’m curious tho, do you still telegram ?
Don't judge based on your Telegram preferences. You are not a representative user of Telegram, because you would know that the hype around it has lasted for several years, not only since you have been using it.
Telegram lost a lot of trust when they changed the rules and decided (publicly confirmed) that they would cooperate with the competent authorities and share information about users with them.
SimpleX is slowly emerging as an alternative, although it is much more complicated to use, which is not attractive to a wide range of users.