Telegram remains the only mainstream free speech platform on the web today, with the least amount of censorship and the most resiliency against being taken down.
there is matrix, the best option, both secure and reasonably well made(element and alternative clients), but it miles behind telegram in terms of UI/UX even though it's on par with whatsapp/signal/etc
The grandparent said mainstream and Matrix is far away from that. You _might_ count Signal, but its market share is still way behind and in an area with so many network effects, this is everything.
Is it? I just tried Telegram again today and something as basic as joining a public channel from the app itself (as opposed to clicking on a link) was seemingly unavailable, or at least hidden well enough that I was unable to find it.
Telegram remains the only mainstream free speech platform on the web today, with the least amount of censorship and the most resiliency against being taken down.