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In the scope of this guide, the key reasons to move from Telegram to Matrix are:

* **Lack of privacy for private communications** since the default option is Cloud chat, which is not end-to-end encrypted. Secure chat also comes with significant feature limitations, such as no portability across devices.
* **Ads**, even if it's just for popular channels. Third-party clients are also not allowed to opt them out, albeit nobody knows how Telegram will enforce that restriction.
* **Lack of privacy for private communications** since the default option is Cloud chat, which is not end-to-end encrypted. Secure chat also comes with significant feature limitations, such as no portability across devices, not to mention Telegram's use of its own protocol.
* **Ads**, even if it's just for popular channels. Third-party clients are also not allowed to opt them out, although nobody knows how Telegram will enforce that restriction.
* Involvement with **cryptocurrency** as a mean to monetize.
* **Phone number requirement.**
* Despite Telegram claiming to have minimal intervention on legal content, it nevertheless made **controversial decisions**, such as [shutting down Russian political bots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)#2021_shutdown_of_Russian_political_bots). (Matrix, on the other hand, is decentralized, which makes censorship technically difficult.)
* **Telegram servers are closed source**. (Says to defend against state censorship...?)
* Despite Telegram claiming to intervene only minimally on legal content, it nevertheless made **controversial moderation decisions**, such as [shutting down Russian political bots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)#2021_shutdown_of_Russian_political_bots). (Matrix, on the other hand, is decentralized, which makes censorship technically difficult.)
* **Questionable political alignment.** See [here](https://plush.city/@PsyChuan/112336464469767051).
* **Telegram servers are closed source.** (Says to defend against state censorship...?)
* **Lack of control for private data and no guarantee on reliability**, as Telegram is centralized, not federated. See [here](../matrix-vs-al/#centralized-platforms).

Despite recent studies, Telegram's use of its own MTProto protocol remains a debated subject, which will be left up to you.
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