Given the enormous expense on the servers that the Telegram bill has to come up with, the owners of the famous messaging app are looking for a way to do it. get some feedback from its millions of users. Announcements on channels were the first step, but not the only one: Telegram added a Premium subscription to its latest beta.

Those of us who have used WhatsApp since its inception still remember that the cost of using messaging on Android is euros per year. With Facebook buyout, WhatsApp eliminated payments, not in vain the real value of the platform is usage data. What about Telegram? The company prides itself on not monetizing the data plucked from the use of the platform. Therefore, the logical step to get some monetary return was to offer a subscription with special features.

Telegram will seek the support of the most similar users

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We’ve been rumors of this jump to Telegram subscriptions for a while. We even recently learned that the platform is already testing some ways to monetize its extensive use of messaging, communication tools, and unlimited storage. Converted to server costs, all these services should mean a fortune to Pavel Durov and his family..

As confirmed by the Telegram Beta channel and always testing the test version of the app for iOS, the messaging platform would have already tracked and included the Premium subscription. This It will offer special functions to users who decide to pay for the use of Telegram immediately. And as long as the app doesn’t always stop being free, free users won’t lose the functions they’ve enjoyed so far.

Premium subscription as planned, those who decide to pay for Telegram, Exclusive stickers and reactions for subscribers only. In this way Telegram will prevent non-payers from downloading Premium stickers; presenting a subscription form when trying to download media items. To these are probably added more advantages; such as avoiding channel ads.

Subscription tests are being conducted in the beta version of Telegram 8.7.2. We do not know future prices and whether the payments will be monthly or annual., also if there will be a discount for users who decide to pay a few months in advance. Telegram is expected to reveal all these details in a few weeks, of course, as it has deployed the final version 8.7.2.

via | Telegram Beta, Android Police