ok so, you cant host your own telegram servers. and you dont have any privacy guarantees from them if you use theirs. SimpleX cant read your messages, by design. even if you're using their infrastructure. telegram can. and you can always run your own Simplex relays. SimpleX messages are always encrypted. Telegram has option encryption in a closed source context. these are big differences. but sure i guess, don't use it because Russian people.

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But muh Russia, Russia bad! Even if the Russians know the importance of privacy due to their country egregiously violating it!
Oh dear god. Still missing the point. You are not compiling yourself the client and just blindly install binaries onto your personal phone You *can* host a server but realistically you don't, nor do 99.99% of the users. Yes, it is an improved mouse trap despite the very obvious red flags everywhere. Congratulations, and enjoy the cheese!
no dude your "point" is Russian dev bad and muh VC monies. nobody compiles the app themselves, that threat isn't different on nostr either. the security models of SimpleX and telegram (if telegram could be said to have a security model) are completely different. so what, you're worried they're going to distribute a malicious build. why is Simplex a bigger risk for that than anything else?