The founder of the telegram messenger, Pavel Durov, said Chinese users did not reduce the activity in using their platform after removing it from the Chinese App Store.
"Telegram is the most popular mobile application # 1 in China on Android, according to Google Play. To access Telegram in China, you need VPN, but the Chinese are smart - they like Telegram, and they find a way to use the Apple. China, ”Durov said.
He believes that the main purpose of these changes was not Telegram, but Apple. Because Android allows you to download applications not only from the official store.
"Chinese authorities are forcing more and more citizens to move from iPhone to Android smartphones produced by Chinese companies such as Xiaomi," Durov writes.
It should be noted that the authorities of Ukraine now also discusses the possibility of ban or regulation of the telegram.
