I never understood these arguments for Telegram. Sure, it does have more features. It's not better in terms of usability and cross platform support though. I use Signal desktop everyday. It's a great experience. Cross platform.. The only platform Signal doesn't support is Web. Which... if there are mobile apps and desktop apps. Web is an insecure redundant need IMO. For the argument that web is good for scenarios where you can't install desktop apps: I would flip the question to.. why would you give a platform you have 0 control, permission to access your secure & private messaging? It just comes down to threat modelling. Telegram is neither secure, nor private. It shouldn't even be in the same conversation unless talking about FB Messenger, messaging on Instagram or DMing on Twitter/X.