Telegram will be paid in 2021
Telegram is one of the best-known instant messaging apps. It is not the most used, since WhatsApp has that position, but it is always at the forefront of app improvements and new features for the app. .
And, although it is not the most widely used, it is about to reach 500 million users. Some very good news for the creator and developers of the app, which is accompanied by some not so good news for the users.
From Telegram they will try to monetize the app in 2021 in two different ways:
As it seems, as the creator of Telegram has made it known through a channel in his own app, Telegram will stop being completely free in 2021. And he already has plans to start monetizing the platform without affect users too much.
The ways in which they plan to monetize Telegram for income are two. The first one is about including premium features in the app. These premium features will be new features that can only be accessed by users who have decided to pay. Of course, the current functions will continue to be thanks.
One of the latest functions that have come to Telegram
The second way will be including ads in the app. These ads will be seen by all users in order to get benefits, but they will not be in all the functions of Telegram since they will not be shown in the messages and services that use the great part of the users.Also, these ads seem to be not too invasive.
At the moment it is not known when these "payment methods" will start to be applied in Telegram. What is clear is that they will arrive in 2021 and, once they are integrated into the app, they will be here to stay forever.
Article update 12/28/2021:
From Telegram they have contacted us and have made these clarifications since, it seems, they were not very clear in the article:
“In this monetization strategy, new features will be added for business teams and advanced users, for which they will have to pay. It is worth mentioning that all features that are currently free will remain so.
It's the big public channels that are going to have, many of which already use third-party services. The will not be part of the spaces intended for messaging, such as chats between two people and groups. Thank you very much for the clarification.
