Users who will opt for Telegram Premium will get a higher limit for chats, media, and file uploads say the company founder.
Messaging app
Telegram will launch a paid subscription plan for its users this month, founder
Pavel Durov said on Friday.
Users who
will opt for Telegram Premium will get a higher limit for chats,
media, and file uploads, Durov said in a blog post.
"The
only way to let our most demanding fans get more while keeping our existing
features free is to make those raised limits a paid option," he said.
The app, along with
messaging tool Signal,
has seen an increase in users following privacy concerns with larger rival WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms.
Telegram currently has 500 million monthly active users and is one of the 10
most downloaded apps in the world, according to its website.
Durov said
the move to offer a paid subscription was to ensure that Telegram remains
funded primarily by its users and not advertisers.
A recent report noted that users downloading the app are currently
seeing the tagline—“Telegram will be free forever. No ads. No fees”. However,
this could change shortly. In the latest update, code for an upcoming version
of the Telegram app has been spotted online with a different tagline dropping
the free slogan. The new strings indicate that the company is testing another
way for the app to gain revenue.
Noted developer Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) on
Twitter suggested that Telegram is changing the initial tagline of the app to
launch its paid version soon. The new data strings shared by the developer
include a new tagline "Telegram provides free unlimited cloud storage for
chats and media." The screenshot also suggests that there are plans to
show ads. The Telegram Premium subscription is expected to unlock additional
stickers as well.
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